Period Cost:
It is that cost which must be incurred by the company no matter it produce any product or not.
Product cost:
Product cost is that cost which is necessary to produce any production units to earn revenue.
Product costs is the costs are the costs incurred in the making of the product. Manufacturing costs --Direct Materials, Direct Labor, and Manufacturing Overhead. Product cost are also factory costs Period costs are the selling and administration costs. Electricity costs for the Accounting dept. is an administration costs but Electricity costs for the factory is Manufacturing Overhead.
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It is period cost
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Indirect labor is considered a period cost because it can't be traced by to the product. If a cost can be traced back to a product, then it is considered a product cost.
Should typically be a product cost.
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