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    Apr 17, 2010, 12:29 PM
    Plantwide versus departmental overhead rate, are these calculated differently?
    Plantwide versus departmental overhead rate, are these calculated differently?
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    Apr 21, 2010, 03:32 AM

    They don't have to be, but let's put it this way... if you were to do the departmental rates all the same as a plantwide rate, I wouldn't see much point to doing departmental ones.
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