cost accounting

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The key is a method called true cost accounting, which examines the economic, environmental, social and health impacts of food production and consumption to produce a broader picture of its costs and benefits.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Using true cost accounting, the report calculates that the global cost of the agrifood system in 2020 was up to US$12.7 trillion more than consumers paid at retail.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Under so-called "amortized cost" accounting, total returns from fixed income products are spread out evenly, with the goal of delivering steady gains irrespective of bond price fluctuations.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2022

Once you have that completed, you will apply your preferred cost accounting method to those classifications.

From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 26, 2018

Each separate business, the bakeries, the pool room, the meat shop, was put on a cost accounting basis and the manager knew just which one was making or losing money.

From Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State by Consumers' League of New York, The