"Joe Bruno" <bruno@indystart.com> wrote in message
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flaviaR@verizon.net wrote:

On 16-Oct-2006, "Joe Bruno" <bruno@indystart.com> wrote:

SMS wrote:

Joe Bruno wrote:

Certification does add to the manufacturer's cost of marketing the
item, but this cost may or may not be passed on to the customer in
the
form of a higher price at the retail outlet.

No, it lowers the cost of marketing it, but it increases the cost of
producing it.

It's not a production cost. It has nothing to do with making the
product.

Actually, it does: it's another step (at least) that is added to
production.

You're gonna lecture a CPA on cost accounting?

For *****'s sake, joey. CPA's are treated slightly above the level of garbage
collectors.