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See full indexUnder Which method are fixed manufacturing costs included as Inventoriable costs?Under absorption costing, fixed manufacturing costs are inventoriable and become a part of cost of goods sold in the period when sales occur.
Why are the manufacturing costs also known as Inventoriable costs?Product costs are often treated as inventory and are referred to as "inventoriable costs" because these costs are used to value the inventory. When products are sold, the product costs become part of costs of goods sold as shown in the income statement.
Are all manufacturing costs Inventoriable?For instance, for a retailer, inventoriable costs include all costs related to the acquisition of the product from the manufacturer all the way to its premises. However, for a manufacturer, their inventoriable costs are direct material, direct labor, and all manufacturing overheads.
What is included in Inventoriable cost?For a retailer, the inventoriable cost is the cost from the supplier plus all costs necessary to get the item into inventory and ready for sale, e.g. freight-in. For a manufacturer the product costs include direct material, direct labor, and the manufacturing overhead (fixed and variable).
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