For most Personal Training Businesses the direct costs are as follows:
1) Your rent you pay to the gym (if you work in a gym)
2) Cell Phone/Web Site
3) Marketing (Business cards, lead boxes etc).
To make sure you have planned all your costs make sure you use a Personal Training Business Plan please refer to related link.
Yes generally direct costs are variable costs but there may be some direct costs which can be fixed costs as well.
It is done so to keep control on costs as direct costs are controllable while indirect costs are not.
Let's say that you are in the business of selling widgets. All the costs related to manufactureing, storing and selling one widget (referred to as a unit) would be the direct unit costs. Your direct cost of sales (also referred to as direct cost of goods or direct COGS) are all the costs related to the creation of your widgets. Your direct cost of sales may or may not be your total cost of sales. Usually this includes the cost of materials and direct labor costs, but excludes distribution and sales (the cost of getting your widgets to a retailer and get them sold).
All variable costs are those costs which vary with the variation in the volume of production as well as direct costs are those costs which are directly attributable to any specific unit of product so it may be accepted that all direct costs are variable costs but fixed costs may also be direct cost.
Answer this question...why do managers cosider direct costs to be more accurate than indirect costs?
In what sense? Work? Personal finances?
Following are direct costs of shoe manufacturing business:1 – Leather (Direct material)2 – Workers salary on machine (direct labor)3 – Electricity expense etc
to maximise efficiencies.Efficiencies have direct impact on Costs.
Yes generally direct costs are variable costs but there may be some direct costs which can be fixed costs as well.
Direct Combination CostsAlmost all business combinations employ professional services to assist in various phases of the transaction. Examples include target identification, due diligence regarding the value of an acquisition, financing, tax planning, and preparation of formal legal documents. Previously, SFAS 141 included direct combination costs in the cost basis for the acquired firm. The acquisition method considers these costs as payments for services received, not part of the fair value exchanged for the business. Thus, direct combination costs are expensed as incurred
It is done so to keep control on costs as direct costs are controllable while indirect costs are not.
Let's say that you are in the business of selling widgets. All the costs related to manufactureing, storing and selling one widget (referred to as a unit) would be the direct unit costs. Your direct cost of sales (also referred to as direct cost of goods or direct COGS) are all the costs related to the creation of your widgets. Your direct cost of sales may or may not be your total cost of sales. Usually this includes the cost of materials and direct labor costs, but excludes distribution and sales (the cost of getting your widgets to a retailer and get them sold).
All variable costs are those costs which vary with the variation in the volume of production as well as direct costs are those costs which are directly attributable to any specific unit of product so it may be accepted that all direct costs are variable costs but fixed costs may also be direct cost.
I think that it helps them to evaluate business segments on the basis of only those costs directly traceable to each segment.
The direct costs of occupational health and safety are the costs for:salary and benefits of people employed to create and manage the health and safety programcosts of materials used in the health and safety programcosts of taking employees from direct production for safety training, working on safety committees, etc.costs of safety recognition awards and programsworkers compensation insurance premiums
if you are talking about the costs associated with running a business, they are called "operating costs" there are also the costs that are required to get a business running, they are called "startup costs"
Labor cost means the direct labor cost incurred by business to manufacture units of products to be sold.