7 IF ACTUAL MANUFACTURING OVERHEAD COST IS USED TO COMPUTE THE UNIT...

3-7 If actual manufacturing overhead cost is

used to compute the unit product cost. The job

applied to jobs, then the company must wait until

cost sheet is also a control document for: (1) de-

the end of the accounting period to apply over-

termining how many units have been sold and

head and to cost jobs. If the company computes

determining the cost of these units; and (2) de-

the actual overhead rates more frequently to get

termining how many units are still in inventory at

around this problem, the rates may fluctuate

the end of a period and determining the cost of

widely. Overhead cost tends to be incurred

these units on the balance sheet.

somewhat evenly from month to month (due to

the presence of fixed costs), whereas production