"There is no such thing as a fixed cost. All costs can be unfixed given sufficient time." Do you agree? What is the implication of your answer for CVP analysis?

"There is no such thing as a fixed cost. All costs can be unfixed given sufficient time." Do you agree? What is the implication of your answer for CVP analysis?



CVP analysis is always conducted for a specified time horizon. One extreme is a very short-time horizon. For example, some vacation cruises offer deep price discounts for people who offer to take any cruise on a day's notice. One day prior to a cruise, most costs are fixed. The other extreme is several years. Here, a much higher percentage of total costs typically is variable. CVP itself is not made any less relevant when the time horizon lengthens. What happens is that many items classified as fixed in the short run may become variable costs with a longer time horizon.


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