E. Papaj
Reciprocal allocation method in service departments. The case of a production enterprise
DOI 10.1515/mspe-2017-0040
Abstract: The main aim of this article is to indicate the role of reciprocal allocation method in the process of costs calculation. In the environment of nowadays companies, often taking very complex organisational forms, the existence of service departments becomes of great importance. Although, as far as management accounting processes are concerned, which lead to identifying the product cost, the service departments’ costs come out to be of minor importance. This article means to prove that the service departments’ costs and their reliable settlement are a desirable source of information about the products. This work consists of two parts. First of them features theoretical considerations and a critical analysis of subject literature. In the latter part, the service departments’ costs calculation will be presented, basing on recipro-cal services in a production enterprise from chemical industry.
Keywords: management accounting, cost calculation, management of production costs, service department
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