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Standard cost is the cost which is basis to measure the actual cost historical cost is the initial cost
The different types of costs:opportunity costaccounting cost or historical coststransaction costsunk costmarginal cost
because that is the actual cost paid
A standard cost is a predetermined cost that a company expects to incur in producing a unit of product or providing a service. It is used as a benchmark for evaluating actual costs and performance. The standard cost is based on factors such as historical data, industry benchmarks, and management estimates.
The different types of costs:opportunity costaccounting cost or historical coststransaction costsunk costmarginal cost
A grocery cost calculator is used to estimate and calculate the food cost for a family. Its different than a standard calculator which is used to calculate the answer to math problems.
what is the definition of historical cost
Historical cost is the cost of an item when it was originally acquired. Historical cost does not reflect the change of value over time that an asset undergoes.
strength of historical cost accounting
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I believe historical cost is the original cost @ time of buying. Replacement cost is the price it would cost you @ present day values
In standard costing system standard costs for all activities are established for better controlling purpose as well as budgeting purpose so standard cost is that cost which is management expects to occurs if some activity is performed but actual cost is the cost which actually spend to perform specific activity and both costs may be same or different due to many reasons and variance analysis is done to find out the reasons for differences.