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Which of the following statements about cost allocation is incorrect? a. Step-down method does not fully recognise the mutual dependenciesbetween support departments B.To ensure fairness, the same cost driver should be used to allocate costsfor all indirect cost pools. c. A cost may be considered an indirect cost even if it has a one-on-onerelation to the cost object, because the benefit of tracing this cost is toosmall. D. A cost can be direct or indirect cost depending on the cost object ofinterest. E. A training program offered by the human resource department can be a cost object.

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Which of the following statements about cost allocation is incorrect? a. Step-down method does not fully recognise the mutual dependenciesbetween support departments

B.To ensure fairness, the same cost driver should be used to allocate costsfor all indirect cost pools. c. A cost may be considered an indirect cost even if it has a one-on-onerelation to the cost object, because the benefit of tracing this cost is toosmall. D. A cost can be direct or indirect cost depending on the cost object ofinterest. E. A training program offered by the human resource department can be a cost object.

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The incorrect statement is B. "To ensure fairness, the same cost driver should be used to allocate costs for all indirect cost pools."

This statement is incorrect because different indirect cost pools may have different cost drivers. The cost driver should be the factor that causes the cost to be incurred. For example, the cost driver for indirect labor might be the number of labor hours, while the cost driver for indirect materials might be the number of units produced. Using the same cost driver for all indirect cost pools would not accurately reflect the cause-and-effect relationship between the cost driver and the cost.

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