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Examples include administration overheads, marketing overheads and finance overheads.
Examples include administration overheads, marketing overheads and finance overheads.
Period cost, together with Production cost, comprise total costs.




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* [[Production cost]]
* [[Production overheads]]
* [[Production overheads]]


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Latest revision as of 18:13, 10 February 2019

Cost and management accounting.

Period costs are costs that are incurred with the passing of time, rather than with the production of services or products.

Examples include administration overheads, marketing overheads and finance overheads.


Period cost, together with Production cost, comprise total costs.


See also