All about Absorption Costing
Learn from colleagues and experts
Join now. Completely free.
Log in
X
Why register?
Welcome to the world's #1 website about management.
- Discover 1000s of knowledge centers.
- Learn from colleagues and experts.
- Share best practices with 1,000,000 members.
- Accelerate your management career.
- Completely free.
Log in
|
Fixed Overhead in Full Costing
Frank Forsberg, Student (MBA), Sweden
What does "fixed overhead is a product cost until the products are sold" mean?
|
|
| |
|
Fixed Overhead in Full Costing SystemMichela Arno, Financial Consultant, Netherlands Hi Frank, it just means that fixed overhead is capitalized into the product, which means it increases the inventory value, until the inventory is sold.
When the product is sold, fixed overhead is expensed and, as a result, it is credited from the balance sheet and debited as expense in the P&L of the period. |
|
| |
|
What is Fixed Overhead Cost?john paul, Accountant, Kenya A fixed overhead is defined as a cost that is incurred in the (production) process that neither changes nor varies with the production volume. |
|
| |
Do you wish to study further? You can learn more from the summary, forum, discussions, lessons, courses, training, instructions, expert tips, best practices and education sources. Register.
|
|
|
|
|
Special Interest Group Leader
|
|
|
More on Absorption Costing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
