Overhead Application: Variable and Absorption Costing
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The differences between variable-costing and absorption-costing methods are based on the treatment of fixed manufacturing overhead
Variable costing excludes fixed manufacturing overhead from inventoriable costs. -Absorption costing treats fixed manufacturing overhead as inventoriable costs.
-The fixed-overhead rate is the amount of fixed manufacturing overhead applied to each unit of production. -It is determined by dividing the budgeted fixed overhead by the expected volume of production for the budget period.
Under absorption costing, fixed overhead appears in the cost of goods sold. Under variable costing, fixed overhead is a period cost