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Variable costing and absorption costing?

Fill in the blanks: Using variable costing, fixed manufacturing overhead costs are treated as _ costs. Using absorption costing, fixed manufacturing overhead costs are treated as _ costs.

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Question added by Anayatullah Tahir , Finance Manager , Etqan Projects
Date Posted: 2014/03/24
Maroun Abou Chaaya
by Maroun Abou Chaaya , Finance Manager & Internal Auditor , HMD Africa S.A.L (Offshore)

1- period cost

2- product cost

Rafael Dela Cruz
by Rafael Dela Cruz , Head, Accounting Research and Standards , Manila Electric Company

Answer to:

 1st blank - Period

2nd blank - Product

 

Mukkaram Siddique
by Mukkaram Siddique , Finance, Management & Stocks , Amazon Foods Saudi Arabia

Marginal costing treats fixed costs as period costs and absorptional costing consider them part of unit cost.

mohamed rabee
by mohamed rabee , Regional Business Development Manager , GULFMED fze

the main diffrence is the fixed manufacture cost in variable is calculated is periiod cost but in absorpation is calculated is product cost

Fixed Manufacturing overheads are treated as Period costs in Variable costing as against in Absorption costing the Overhead is absorbed and hence becomes part of the overall product cost and considered as product cost.

Mark John Domingo
by Mark John Domingo , General Accountant , Palma Holding

1st blank - Period Cost

2nd blank - product cost

Rajesh Pandey
by Rajesh Pandey , Finance Head , Travel Point LLC & Travel City LLC (Group)

These are the two diffrent methods of costings for product:

 

Variable costing method considers only veriable costs directly associated with the manufacturing DM+DL+DO etc

Absorption costing method considers Variable costs as well allocation of Fixed costs associated. 

 

Basic diffrence leads to diffrence in WIP closing and opening Stock of material and hence profitablity.  

Umer Aziz
by Umer Aziz , Senior Accountant , TERNA Bahrain Holding - GEK Group (www.terna.gr)

Period and Product cost, respectively

Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman
by Aziz ur Rehman ur Rehman , Assistant Manager Finance , Central Power Puchasing Agency (CPPA)

Using variable costing, fixed manufacturing overhead costs are treated as Period costs. Using absorption costing, fixed manufacturing overhead costs are treated as FOH (fixed overhead ) costs.

 

 

Kamran Anjum
by Kamran Anjum , Head of Internal Audit , Rafhan Maize Products Company limited, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Ingredion Incorporated Gmbh

First Period Cost

Second Product Cost

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