There are a variety of ways to think about business costs. Marginal costing income statements are more useful for analyzing inventory and production costs, while absorption costing is required under ...

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A manufacturer has two general ways to account for fixed manufacturing costs: variable costing and absorption costing. Under variable costing, you do not include fixed manufacturing costs in your ...