Classification of Costs
Classification of cost means, the grouping of costs according to their common characteristics. The important ways of classification of costs are:
- By nature or element: materials, labor, expenses
- By functions: production, selling, distribution, administration, R&D, development,
- By traceability: direct and indirect
- By variability: fixed, variable, semi-variable
- By controllability: controllable, uncontrollable
- By normality: normal, abnormal
- By Decision making Costs
- Time of Occupation
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