A _____________ Account Is Used to Summarise Transactions That Affect

question 47

Short Answer

A _____________ account is used to summarise transactions that affect a particular item in the accounting reports.
e.g. sales.

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin Report

A financial report that shows the difference between a company's sales revenue and variable costs, which contributes towards covering the company's fixed costs and generating profit.

Manufacturing Margin

The difference between the sales revenue of manufactured products and their production costs (excluding indirect costs).

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable production costs (direct labor, direct materials, and variable manufacturing overhead) in product costs.

Absorption Costing

Accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct costs, variable and fixed overhead) in the cost of a product.