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PERIOD COST Definition

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PERIOD COST is an expense that is not inventoriable; it is charged against sales revenues in the period in which the revenue is earned (e.g., SG&A is a period cost). Also called period expense.

 

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CREDITOR DAYS is the number of days it takes the company to pay trade creditors. This ratio provides an indication of the amount of credit given to the business by its suppliers. The formula is trade creditors divided by sales multiplied by 365 days.

KORUNA (KORUN, KORUNY) is a currency of Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.


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