Exposure draft on AS 2

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Balkrishna (Querist)
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06 January 2009 As per AS - 2, inventories shall be valued at the lower of cost and NRV

Exclusions from the cost of inventores:
(1) abnormal amount of wasted material, labour or other production cost,
(2) storaeg costs unless those costs are necessary in the production process to further the production stage,
(3) administration overhead that donot contribute for bringing the goods to the present condition and location; and
(4) selling and distribution costs;

What is "distribution cost" in the above clause ?

CA. BHAVIK DILIPBHAI MEHTA

CA. BHAVIK DILIPBHAI MEHTA (Expert)
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26 November 2010 Distribution cost is the cost of distributing the manufactured product. For example the cost of distributing the medicine includes the cost of samples which are distributed free to the Doctors, commission paid to the stockists (wholesalers & retailers)etc.