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Basic Question 3 of 24

Which one of the following items is a period cost?

A. Warranty cost for products sold
B. Rent on a sales office
C. Sales commission expenses
D. Freight-in costs for merchandise inventory

User Contributed Comments 4

User Comment
kalps Cannot be asscoiated with particular sale, it is shown in the period benfitted
rocyang overhead
johntan1979 The opposite of product cost
EEEEvia I thought the rent is liability
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Learning Outcome Statements

describe general principles of expense recognition, specific expense recognition applications, implications of expense recognition choices for financial analysis and contrast costs that are capitalized versus those that are expensed in the period in which they are incurred

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 2, Module 2.