Under a job order cost accounting system, individual jobs are always charged with actual overhead costs when they are transferred to finished goods.

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Final Answer : False, Explanation :  Under a job order cost accounting system, individual jobs are charged with estimated overhead costs based on a predetermined overhead rate, not actual overhead costs. Actual overhead costs are only used to calculate the under- or over-applied overhead at the end of a period.

Under a job order cost accounting system, individual jobs are always charged with actual overhead costs when they are transferred to finished goods.

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