Topic: High Technology
Subject: Gross Margins for SaaS Companies
William LiebermanMember: 2015
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7 Submitted on 09-12-16 5:48 pm
Message:I have heard two conflicting opinions when it comes to calculating gross margins for a SaaS business: 1) include compensation expenses associated with the development of the product, i.e. programmers, 2) include only those expenses directly associated with selling and hosting
https://www.lightercapital.com/blog/calculating-gross-margin-for-your-saas-business/
I am not sure why expenses associated with the actual development of the product would be included in COGS (and therefore, subtracted to get to gross margin). Is there a reason why they should be in COGS?