Companies Must Assign All Production-Related Costs to Cost Objects for External

question 142

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Companies must assign all production-related costs to cost objects for external financial reporting purposes.

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Definitions:

Long-run Average Total Cost

The average cost per unit of output produced over a period during which all inputs, including capital, are variable.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which a business experiences an increase in average costs per unit when output is increased beyond a certain point.

Economies of Scale

The economic benefits gained by companies because of their large scale of operation, which typically results in a lower cost per unit of output as the scale increases.

Average Fixed Costs

The total fixed costs associated with production (costs that do not change with output) divided by the quantity of output produced.