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DO Many companies use variable costing for internal reporting to reduce the undesirable incentive to build up inventories?
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Why is Variable costing is a good method for internal reporting especially?
It informs the management that how much any unit of product is helping towards recovering the fixed cost.
What are the advantages of using variable costing for internal reporting purposes?
Variable costing offers several advantages for internal reporting, including clearer insights into cost behavior by separating fixed and variable costs. This distinction helps management make more informed decisions regarding pricing, budgeting, and operational efficiency. Additionally, variable costing facilitates better performance evaluation by linking costs directly to production levels, allowing for a more accurate assessment of profitability. Lastly, it enhances forecasting and planning by highlighting how costs will change with varying production volumes.
What are the different methods of preparing income statement?
There are two methods of preparing Income Statement. They are:- 1. Absorption costing method. 2. variable Costing method.
What are the differences between Absorption Costing and Variable Costing?
VARIABLE COSTING VERSUS ABSORPTION COSTINGAbsorption costing applies all manufacturing overhead to production costs while they flow through Work-in-Process Inventory, Finished-Goods Inventory and expenses on the income statement while Variable Costing only applies variable manufacturing overhead.Fixed manufacturing overhead is expensed immediately as it is incurred under variable costing while it is inventoried until the accounting period during which the manufactured goods are sold under absorption costing.
Is direct costing the same as variable costing?
Variable costing is called marginal costing while direct costing is separate concept.
When the variable costing method is used how does fixed factory overhead appear on the income statement?
fixed expense
Why marginal costing method not Suitable to be used by manufacturer for external financial reporting and tax purpose?
I think..... In marginal costing method only variable cost is considered as product cost and fixed cost is not considered as product cost. But in reality product cost include fixed and variable, thus both variable and fixed costs should be considered while allocating cost. Marginal costing is used for inside reporting and absorption costing is used for outsider to clarify the real cost of product........ Am i right? Please confirm it
What costing method considers variable factory overhead a product cost?
variable costing
Why GAAP precludes use of variable costing for external financial reports?
GAAP does NOT preclude use of variable costing for external financial reports. The only place the literature addresses this question is in ARB (Accounting Research Bulletin #4) which states that the exclusion of all overhead from inventory is unacceptable. Variable costing does not attempt to exclude overhead associated with the production of product, i.e. variable overhead. But it does exclude the cost of providing productive capacity. It is odd that in its discussion of the current standard for segment reporting that the FASB said that external users of financial information should received data prepared on a basis consistent with that used by management for decision making. Since it is widely accepted that variable costing is useful to management, can this statement by the FASB be consider an endorsement of variable costing in the financial statements of companies which use it internally?
Which costing method is used for external reporting purpose?
absorption costing
What is another name for variable costing?
'''Direct Costing'''
