DIRECT MATERIAL Definition

DIRECT MATERIAL is the cost of raw materials and components that can easily and economically be identified either with individual units of production or with a responsibility center.

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NORMAL PROFIT is the opportunity cost of using entrepreneurial abilities in the production of a good, or the profit that could have been received by entrepreneurship in another business venture. Like the opportunity costs of other resources, normal profit is deducted from revenue to determine economic profit. It is, however, never included as an accounting cost when accounting profit is computed.

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD is a U.S. income tax filing status that can be used by an unmarried person who maintains a home for a dependent (or nondependent relative) during the tax year.

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