carrying cost


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Noun1.carrying cost - the opportunity cost of unproductive assets; the expense incurred by ownership
opportunity cost - cost in terms of foregoing alternatives
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An electric stove cost Taka 7,747 and thecarrying cost from the ground floor to the top one cost Taka 6,650, the reports said adding the price of an electric iron was Taka 4,154 and thecarrying cost Taka 2,945.
This step is intended to decrease the inventorycarrying cost of dealers.
Goods sold on credit get converted to accounts receivables whose accumulation would result in accounts receivablecarrying cost to the firm.
"The balance on the deferred generation amount anycarrying cost shall be included in Meralco's generation charge for March 2014.
Two tax inventory methods, LIFO and uniform capitalization (UNICAP), provide opportunities to decrease the taxcarrying cost of inventory and to improve cashflow in the face of these inventory trends.
The calculation below for a sample distribution company illustrates the need to account for the impact of financing inventory with debt and, in turn, to apply the correct cost of capital in estimating the inventorycarrying cost.
Today, size, complexity and individual customer requirements generate other significant costs and investments critical for accurate analysis, such as freight, inventorycarrying cost, HR support investment, display-ready pallet cost, "nuisance fees" and so on.
Philp says lower mortgage rates are also driving housing starts and the resale market; the average monthlycarrying cost for 2002 is $815, which is the lowest figure since 1987 when it was $782.
The standard requires that thecarrying cost be weighed against several benchmarks, including the quoted market price of the specific asset, an estimate based on prices of "similar" assets or an estimate based on a valuation technique, such as calculating the present value of the estimated future cash flow generated by the asset in question.
Specifically, the tax cost of the rules creates an additional inventorycarrying cost. CPAs can help identify the incremental tax cost of holding inventory items and thus provide inventory planners with the information they need to make cost-efficient decisions.
Each pillow, the reports claimed, was bought for Tk 5,957, and itscarrying cost from the shop to the building was at Tk 760.

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