Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia

Over the last forty years cost allocation has been the center of management accounting's literature. The criticisms made are mainly ranged from the allocation of fixed costs and overheads to responsibility division and to units of output. Many traditional overhead allocation systems result in...

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Main Authors: Danila, Raudah, Amran, Noor Afza, Tahir, Agoos Munalis
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2003
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/5421/1/OVERHEAD_COST_ALLOCATION.pdf
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author Danila, Raudah
Amran, Noor Afza
Tahir, Agoos Munalis
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description Over the last forty years cost allocation has been the center of management accounting's literature. The criticisms made are mainly ranged from the allocation of fixed costs and overheads to responsibility division and to units of output. Many traditional overhead allocation systems result in misleading data that may have a negative impact on management decision making, budgeting, control and performance evaluation. This study aims is to look at the current practice of Malaysian oil and gas company in particular in allocating its overhead costs. In gathering the data on current practice and method used in cost allocation, series of interviews were conducted, site observation and review of related company documents. The research findings indicated that there is a difference in the cost allocation basis in the Head Office and the Regional Office. The cost allocation basis used at the Head Office is found to be solely dependent on the direct labor hour namely the time writing and percentage effort method. In contrast, the activities at the Regional Office are more diversified where most of the allocation was made based on the activity. The findings of this study is useful in providing better understanding on current practice in oil and gas industry particularly in allocating its overhead costs to each end products.
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spelling uum-54212014-02-09T08:20:19Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/5421/ Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia Danila, Raudah Amran, Noor Afza Tahir, Agoos Munalis HF Commerce Over the last forty years cost allocation has been the center of management accounting's literature. The criticisms made are mainly ranged from the allocation of fixed costs and overheads to responsibility division and to units of output. Many traditional overhead allocation systems result in misleading data that may have a negative impact on management decision making, budgeting, control and performance evaluation. This study aims is to look at the current practice of Malaysian oil and gas company in particular in allocating its overhead costs. In gathering the data on current practice and method used in cost allocation, series of interviews were conducted, site observation and review of related company documents. The research findings indicated that there is a difference in the cost allocation basis in the Head Office and the Regional Office. The cost allocation basis used at the Head Office is found to be solely dependent on the direct labor hour namely the time writing and percentage effort method. In contrast, the activities at the Regional Office are more diversified where most of the allocation was made based on the activity. The findings of this study is useful in providing better understanding on current practice in oil and gas industry particularly in allocating its overhead costs to each end products. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2003 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/5421/1/OVERHEAD_COST_ALLOCATION.pdf Danila, Raudah and Amran, Noor Afza and Tahir, Agoos Munalis (2003) Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia. Project Report. Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok. (Unpublished) http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000216359
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title Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia
title_full Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia
title_fullStr Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia
title_short Overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in Malaysia
title_sort overhead cost allocation the case of an oil and gas company in malaysia
topic HF Commerce
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