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Managers use a predetermined overhead rate for which of the following reasons?

A. To estimate total job costs before the job is completed.
B. To assist in setting prices for jobs
C. Predetermined costs are more accurate than using actual costs
D. Total job costs are not needed until the end of the accounting period, so predetermined rates are not needed.

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Answer:

Option A and B

Step-by-step explanation:

The company desires to estimate the cost of the job so that it can minimize it by emphasizing control. This is one of the major reasons why the companies estimate cost of the job, product or service. So option A is correct.

Option B is also correct because the companies have to form contracts with its customers and for that reason predetermined overhead rates helps a lot estimating the price of the product which the company and customer can agree upon.

Option C is incorrect because predetermined costs are estimates and estimates are not always accurate.

Option D is false because daily recording of overheads requires predetermined overhead rates which is adjusted at the month end or quarter end or year end. So its not useless at all.

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