A sales oriented company would use which product costing methods? Variable or absorp

stardust999 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Mar 2, 2010, 05:39 PM

A sales oriented company would use which product costing methods? Variable or absorp

Variable or absorption costing

morgaine300 Posts: 6,561, Reputation: 276

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Mar 3, 2010, 05:03 AM

Use for what? Variable costing is only an internal method. Full absorption is always used for published financial statements.

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