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Jun 19, 2012 08:18
11 yrs ago
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Italian term

a costo

Italian to English Bus/Financial SAP
This is from a description of terms in SAP/R3 - I'm really trying to understand the difference between 'a costo' and 'ad investimento'

Tipo Costo (BdgIT): dipende dal gruppo merci (v.prima), indica se l’acquisto è a costo oppure ad investimento
Proposed translations (English)
4 a current cost
4 +1 cost
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Discussion

James (Jim) Davis Jun 19, 2012:
Doesn't make any sense. and acquisto ad investimento Googles zero. Could be something like a hire purchase or lease arrangement. Companies expect to get a return on practically everything they purchase. All purchases constitute investments. Some very short term, like electricity and others long term, but it is all money invested to make profit.

Proposed translations

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a current cost

Where the acquisto a investimento is capital expenditure purchases. With "a costo" to total cost will be charged to the income statement during the year. With "investimento" the purchase is booked as a fixed asset and depreciated. So they need to be treated differently in the SAP system.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-06-19 10:31:18 GMT)
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Your comment on 'ongoing costs' and 'investment costs' is what made me realise what it was about. SAP began in the IT division of Siemens back in the 1990s so the language started as German and is far from perfect. Used to translate the manuals for Pirelli in the mid 90s.
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+1
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cost

unlike an investment, a cost is an outlay that produces no return. That's the difference.
Note from asker:
Maybe I was just overcomplicating things in my head - I had seen SAP literature discussing 'ongoing costs' and 'investment costs' and wondered if this was widely accepted terminology - should have put that in my entry
Peer comment(s):
agree Sonia Hill
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