When calculating the full cost of a product or service, a company first allocates all direct material and labor costs and direct expenses on a per-unit basis. Overhead costs are those that the ...

Overhead rates are measures of business expenses other than those directly related to producing or providing products and services. In a large or diversified company, multiple overhead rates may be ...

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Last month, we provided an article on overhead calculation and rate. That was Overhead Rates 101. In this month’s guest column, Ken Hedlund, Somerset CPAs (somersetcpas.com), introduces a more ...

Despite my efforts and those of many others in the nonprofit sector, the overhead myth is still alive and well. I heard it again before the holidays as donors were being advised to make wise giving ...