It's GAAP compliant and accurate, but it may be misleading J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of ...

If your small business is a manufacturing company, you have the choice of using absorption costing or variable costing in determining your profits. You must learn the implications of each before ...

Analyzing costs can help companies make strategic, financially sound decisions. Activity-based costing and absorption costing are two popular accounting methods that companies employ when evaluating ...

A manufacturer has two general ways to account for fixed manufacturing costs: variable costing and absorption costing. Under variable costing, you do not include fixed manufacturing costs in your ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...