Sales Commission varies with volume of sales that's why it is a variable cost as much the sales as much the sales commission, high sales high sales commission and vice versa.
Some fixed costs of running a shopping center would be rent, employee salary (if not commission based), utilities (if you maintain consistent hours of operation). Some variable costs would be Cost of goods sold, commissions, and perhaps shipping costs.
Generally variable costs are relevant costs but if due to any decision fixed costs are also going to affected then fixed costs are also relevant costs.
There are variable and fixed costs. Businesses can manipulate the variable costs, but they cannot change their fixed costs in business.
Type your answer here... fixed cost + variable cost = total cost
The three types of cost you are referring to are Fixed, Semi Variable and Variable Costs. On a well though out COA the janitorial costs would fall under administrative costs. Thus fixed.
Fixed Costs: Salaries Variable Costs: Medicines, ambulance fuel, paper, "CEO & friends"benefits package.
Variable operating costs + fixed operating costs = total operating costs.
Labour costs may be either fixed or variable, so therefore labour may or may not be the largest fixed cost in an organization depending on the nature of the company and its employees. Variable labour costs are known as wages and fixed labour costs are known as salaries. Wages are usually billed per hour, and are therefore variable costs (e.g. a worker is paid $15 for every hour he/she works). Salaries are paid out no matter how long the employees work for, and are therefore fixed costs (e.g. a person on a $70 000 salary is always paid $70 000 no matter how many hours he/she works). Other labour costs that are variable include commissions, where the employee is paid a percentage based on how much revenue he/she generates for the business, or how many products he/she sells, or how many customers he/she acquires. Depending on what percentage of employees are on wages, salaries, or commissions, the fixed cost of labour varies depending on the organization.
a fixed cost would be electricity bills and a variable costs would be paying employees a salary not wayes !
Total cost is determined by adding fixed costs and variable costs together. fixed cost + variable cost = total cost
An example of semi variable direct costs is wages. Since semi variable costs are partially fixed and variable, regular labor is fixed costs, as production rises and workers have overtime the overtime is considered the variable cost.
They are costs that involve an element of both fixed and variable costs eg a telephone bill involves line rental (fixed) plus cost for calls made (variable)