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‘non-controllable’ accounts

German translation: Fixkosten


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English term or phrase:‘non-controllable’ accounts
German translation:Fixkosten
Entered by: Carolin Haase
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16:25 Sep 5, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Accounting / company policy
English term or phrase: ‘non-controllable’ accounts
At each quarter-end XY Group Reporting perform an analytical review of other balance sheet captions i.e. ‘non-controllable’ accounts.

Nicht-steuerbare, nicht-kontrollierbare? Um was für Rubriken handelt es sich?

Danke!
Carolin Haase
Germany
Local time: 02:05
Fixkosten
Explanation:
siehe Disk.beitrag
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Sabine Mertens
Germany
Local time: 02:05
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Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
5Fixkosten
Sabine Mertens
3nicht kontrollierbare KontenDERDOKTOR
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Fixkosten
Sabine Mertens

  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
nicht kontrollierbare Konten


Explanation:
oder Kunden, ohne mehr Kontext weiß ich jetzt nicht mehr.

DERDOKTOR
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Fixkosten


Explanation:
siehe Disk.beitrag

Sabine Mertens
Germany
Local time: 02:05
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Reference: Fixkosten

Reference information:
Punkt 4:
Controllable and uncontrollable costs:
Controllable costs are costs that are identified as a responsibility of an individual or department, and that can be regulated within a given period. Office supplies would ordinarily be considered controllable costs for an office manager.
Uncontrollable costs are those costs that cannot be regulated by an individual or department within a given period. For example, rent expense is an uncontrollable cost for the factory manager.

Link 2: Many fixed costs are uncontrollable (or committed) in the short term, although some fixed costs may be discretionary.

The distinction between controllable and non-controllable is sometimes partially artificial:...
http://hotelmule.com/showwiki.php?title=Controllable-and-non...


    Reference: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/encyclopedia/Con-Cos/Cos...
    Reference: http://ezinearticles.com/?Controllable-Cost-and-Uncontrollab...
Sabine Mertens
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Danke, das ist gut!


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agree  Kristin Sobania
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