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monetary cost

vr.tr.monetary-cost · INF.KNW

Let an agent handle monetary costs by type, measurement, allocation and reporting for budgeting and accounting, without personal financial advice.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent handle monetary costs by type, measurement, allocation and reporting for budgeting and accounting, without personal financial advice.

A cost expressed in money: the amount paid or given up to acquire, produce or maintain something, including fixed and variable costs, direct and indirect costs, and total costs.

What it is for: Pricing, budgeting, accounting and decision making.

It can be classify costs as fixed or variable; estimate total cost of ownership; allocate indirect costs; compare costs over time with inflation.

Distinguishing features

Expressed in money

Fixed, variable, direct, indirect

Depends on accounting method

Changes with inflation

What it looks like

Not physical; figures in budgets, invoices and accounts.

How it is recognised

Currency amounts

Cost categories

Price is what a buyer pays, cost is what it takes to produce

Related models

is a kind of - category

cost and monetary value

is contrasted with - related

price

is recorded in - record

accounts

includes - kind

quality cost

In practice

Families and kinds

fixed costs

variable costs

direct and indirect costs

opportunity cost (non-monetary related)

total cost of ownership

Standards and regulation

IFRS and national accounting standards

Cost accounting standards in public contracts

Failure modes and hazards

Ignoring hidden costs

Comparing nominal costs across years

Agents giving personal financial advice

Also called

write-offtravel expensescultural costcomparative costfixed coststotal costcomplementary costsoverhead costsImputed coststransport costsmarginal abatement costquality costsadministrative costsimpairment costprospective costtax expensesoft costsproduction costsadditional chargesdirect costswarning costsInterest expenseExplicit costabandonment costflotation costoutlay costscapital costcompliance costrisk premiumeconomic costhealth care costsenvironmental costjoint costimplicit costexpenditureconstruction costoperating costnon-recurring engineeringsunk costnonmanufacturing cost

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Which cost.

Types behave differently.

Classify

Fixed or variable.

Classify

Cost classification.

  1. Is this cost fixed, variable, direct or indirect? definition
  2. Why does it matter here? definition

Scope

What is included.

Scope

Cost scope.

  1. What is included in the cost figure? definition
  2. Are taxes and fees included? boundary
Measurement Amounts.

Amounts need context.

Amount

Value.

Amount

Amount.

  1. What is the cost, in which currency and year? measurement
  2. From which source? provenance

Inflation

Real terms.

Inflation

Real terms.

  1. What is the cost in real terms, adjusted for inflation? measurement
  2. Which price index is used? provenance
Analysis Decisions.

Analysis supports decisions.

Total cost

Lifetime cost.

Total cost

Total cost of ownership.

  1. What is the total cost over the lifetime? measurement
  2. Which costs are hidden? boundary

Allocation

Overheads.

Allocation

Cost allocation.

  1. How are indirect costs allocated? definition
  2. Does the method distort results? boundary
Limits Advice.

Advice has limits.

Advice

Personal finance.

Advice

Advice limit.

  1. Is the user asking for personal financial advice? boundary
  2. How should they be referred to a professional? action

Debt help

Support.

Debt help

Debt support.

  1. Is the person struggling to meet costs? boundary
  2. Which free advice services exist here? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should cost types be separate entries?
  • How should inflation adjustment be linked?
  • How should currency conversion be handled?
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