Fixed Overhead in Full Costing

      
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			            	Frank Forsberg
			            
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						            	Michela Arno, Financial Consultant, Netherlands
												
				                Fixed Overhead in Full Costing System

													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.
				                
						            	john paul, Accountant, Kenya
												
				                What is Fixed Overhead Cost?

													A fixed overhead is defined as a cost that is incurred in the (production) process that neither changes nor varies with the production volume.
				                
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