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Historical cost Describes the accounting cost carried in the books for a current cost of the item.
historical cost In the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the original cost of an asset on a balance sheet. Many assets, particularly illiquid assets, are recorded on a balance sheet according to their historical cost. A notable exception to this rule is the recording of marketable securities, which are recorded according to their market value. The historical cost usually bears little or no relationship to the market value after an asset has been held for several years. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| With a relative TSR award, the number of shares that the employee
will receive varies, depending on actual relative performance; however,
the accounting cost to the company remains fixed throughout the term of
the award. It is important to establish standard accounting cost codes and
standard common denominators to be used in preparing job estimating. But
the problem is, we don't know how that cost is determined, except
to say it's some historical accounting cost and not the true cost
of providing an incremental slug of the capacity. |
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