For which one of the following costs is it not possible to assign costs to jobs as they are incurred?

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Manufacturing overhead costs cannot be assigned to individual jobs as they are incurred. Instead, they are allocated to jobs based on a predetermined overhead rate, which takes into account estimated overhead costs and an allocation base (such as direct labor hours or machine hours). Direct materials and direct labor costs can be assigned to jobs as they are incurred because they are directly traceable to specific products or services.

For Which One of the Following Costs Is It Not