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Elaborate the differences between absorption and variable costing methods.

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Absorption Vs Variable Costing

Absorption costing is also called as "full costing" and is that type of costing which includes all the costs of production as product costs irrespective of whether they are fixed or variable. Thus, the cost of unit of a product under absorption costing would include direct materials, direct labor and both fixed and variable overheads.
Variable costing is also called as marginal costing or direct costing. It is that type of costing which allocates only the variable portion of the ...

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