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Conventional accounting practices typically charge current marketing costs against current sales regardless of their future impact, which can distort reported net income and imperfectly measure operating results. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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The dissertation aims to critically assess how marketing costs are accounted for and their impact on reported income.

March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

Non-Factory Costs and the Period Concept.

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JSJames S. SchindlerBuffalo State University

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The article analyzes how non-factory costs impact sales and marketing in manufacturing, indicating potential income distortion.

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The dissertation aims to critically assess how marketing costs are accounted for and their impact on reported income.
Examined corporate accounting practices related to marketing costs and sales reporting.
Identified marketing activities contributing to costs for future sales periods.
Analyzed the effects of conventional accounting practices on income reporting.
Found that marketing efforts often relate to future sales periods.
Demonstrated a distortion of net income when current marketing costs are charged against current sales.
Indicated that current accounting practices may misrepresent operating results.

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James S. Schindler (1959) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba43b64e9516ffd37a52f0 https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-7060131

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