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FOB stands for "Free On Board". There is no line item payment by the buyer for the cost of getting the goods onto the transport. There are two possibilities: "FOB origin", or "FOB destination". "FOB origin" means the transfer occurs as soon as the goods are safely on board the transport.
On the other hand, the buyer pays cost of marine freight transportation, bill of lading fees, insurance, unloading and transportation cost from the arrival port to destination. Since Incoterms 1980 introduced the Incoterm FCA, FOB should only be used for non-containerized seafreight and inland waterway transport.
Cost Accounting Standards (popularly known as CAS) are a set of 19 standards and rules promulgated by the United States Government for use in determining costs on negotiated procurements. CAS differs from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in that FAR applies to substantially all contractors, whereas CAS applied primarily to the larger ones.
An important part of standard cost accounting is a variance analysis, which breaks down the variation between actual cost and standard costs into various components (volume variation, material cost variation, labor cost variation, etc.) so managers can understand why costs were different from what was planned and take appropriate action to ...
Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 162(a)), is part of United States taxation law.It concerns deductions for business expenses. It is one of the most important provisions in the Code, because it is the most widely used authority for deductions. [1]
Deductible Expenses. Non-Deductible Expenses. Rental moving trucks. Purchase price of new home. Packing supplies (boxes, bubble wrap, tape, etc.) Car license tags and fees
Non-Deductible Expenses Clarify which costs (e.g., room and board, transportation) are not deductible. Many education-related expenses don’t qualify for education credits or deductions.
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) The term "best way" generally implies that the shipper will choose the carrier that offers the lowest rate (to the shipper) for the shipment. In some cases, however, other factors, such as better insurance or faster transit time, will cause the shipper to choose an option other than the lowest bidder.