COST ACCOUNTING
ACTIVITY BASED MANAGEMENT
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Sales-Selling & Admin Expenses
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Sales-Variable Costs
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Sales-Product Costs
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Sales-Fixed Costs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Margin (also known as gross margin) is sales minus the cost of goods sold. For example, if a product sells for $100 and costs $70 to manufacture, its margin is $30. Or, stated as a percentage, the margin percentage is 30% (calculated as the margin divided by sales).
Detailed explanation-2: -Calculate a retail or selling price by dividing the cost by 1 minus the profit margin percentage. If a new product costs $70 and you want to keep the 40 percent profit margin, divide the $70 by 1 minus 40 percent – 0.40 in decimal. The $70 divided by 0.60 produces a price of $116.67.
Detailed explanation-3: -You can easily determine a company’s profit margin by subtracting the cost of goods sold (COGS) from its total revenue and dividing that figure by the total revenue. Multiply that figure by 100 to get a percentage.