FIN & MANAGERIAL ACCT VOL 2 W/CONNECT
FIN & MANAGERIAL ACCT VOL 2 W/CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781308675527
Author: Wild
Publisher: MCG/CREATE
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Chapter 23, Problem 7DQ
To determine

Sunk costs:

Sunk costs can be referred to as the outflows of cash which have already occurred, and no further decision can be taken to recover them. Such types of costs are required to be ignored while making decisions.

The reason why sunk costs are irrelevant in deciding whether to sell a product in its present condition or to make it into a new product through additional processing.

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