A-LevelAccountingCosting for materials and labour9706/12 · May/June 2018 · Q211 Mark

A business pays a salesman a basic salary, plus commission based on how much he sells. Which type of cost is the salesman's total earnings?

Afixed

Bsemi-variable

Cstepped

Dvariable

✓ Correct answer

B: semi-variable

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Topic: Costing for materials and labour, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Accounting, May/June 2018 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 21.

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