{"id":2134,"date":"2022-10-17T15:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.mulembenation.co.ke\/terms\/cost-of-goods-sold-cogs\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:35:25","slug":"cost-of-goods-sold-cogs","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/business\/terms\/cost-of-goods-sold-cogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)<\/span> refers to the costs directly related to <span class=\"\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">revenue<\/span>. For products, this is simple: the cost of the product. 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