One condition that favors using plantwide overhead rates, rather than departmental overhead rates, is that different jobs or products use the departments to a different extent.

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Using plantwide overhead rates is less accurate when different jobs or products use the departments to a different extent, as it does not account for the specific resources each job or product consumes in each department. Departmental overhead rates are favored in such scenarios for more accurate costing.

One Condition That Favors Using Plantwide Overhead Rates, Rather Than