Accounting Dictionary - Letter J
(also called job order costing) is a product costing system when costs are accumulated by specific job orders (e.g., Job Order XX2, Job Order 02357) and assigned to batches of products. Manufacturing costs are assigned to specific jobs: specific customers, specific orders, specific projects, specific contracts, etc. Job costing is often used by small and medium-sized firms. Job costing is often used in the following industries: professional services (e.g., medical, legal), advertising agencies, construction, shipbuilding, and custom equipment or furniture manufacturing.
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