Features of Marginal Costing

Features of marginal costing are as follows:

      Marginal costing is used to know the impact of variable cost on the volume of production or output.

      Break-even analysis is an integral and important part of marginal costing.

      Contribution of each product or department is a foundation to know the profitability of the product or department.

      Addition of variable cost and profit to contribution is equal to selling price.

      Marginal costing is the base of valuation of stock of finished product and work in progress.

      Fixed cost is recovered from contribution and variable cost is charged to production.

      Costs are classified on the basis of fixed and variable costs only. Semi-fixed prices are also converted either as fixed cost or as variable cost.