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What is COGS in Accounting and How to Calculate It?

Snyder

” COGS is also an accounting term under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) that requires businesses to apply certain inventory costing principles. The costs of transportation, accounting services, advertising and selling of the shoes aren’t part of COGS. GAAP for COGS.

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In Wake of Coronavirus, Takeovers (And Liabilities) Loom

PYMNTS

We’re referring to transport, of course – and tourism , sporting events and one-off gatherings that are now shuttering. In accounting terms, that means eyeing possible write-downs of assets, and “write-ups” of liabilities. In one example, perhaps an extreme one, government takeovers may be in the offing.