Answer:
The correct answer is letter "A": is a systematic way to link an indirect cost or group of indirect costs to cost objects.
Explanation:
Cost allocation is the method of assigning costs to cost objects. Cost objects are items or activities that are preferable to have their own costs allocated such as a product or a department within a firm. Cost allocation is a measure of profitability at the moment of evaluating a subsidiary. It is mainly used for financial reporting purposes.
Answer:
A) Valuable assets such as the company's reputation, the quality of its work force, and the strength of its management are not captured on the balance sheet.
Explanation:
As we know that the balance sheet records the assets, liabilities and the equity of the company. Now the main problem with the balance sheet is that the valuable assets such as reputation of the company, work force quality, management strength would not captured here as it only records the monetary transactions.
Therefore the correct option is a.