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Allocating common fixed costs to segments on segmented income statements increases the usefulness of such statements. True or

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  • Common Fixed Costs are ‘common’ to all the departments/products, and it should not be allocated to the product or department segments.
  • The basis determined for allocating such common fixed expenses may vary and can lead to deceiving results.
  • That’s why, common fixed expenses are shown separately without allocating them to various segments, on a segmented income statement.
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