Houston Chronicle

Reasons for Overapplied Overhead

Overhead costs are the indirect costs of running a business, such as supplies, lighting and other utilities. They cannot be readily traced to results. Applied overhead is the overhead allocated to a ...
Houston Chronicle

The Most Common Accounting Treatment of Underapplied Manufacturing Overhead

Manufacturing overhead encompasses all manufacturing costs that are not attributed back to a specific job. Due to the difficulty of accurately predicting the amount of manufacturing overhead that will ...
Investopedia

Applied Overhead: What it is, How it Works, Example

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 ...
Investopedia

Overhead: What It Means in Business, Major Types, and Examples

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of ...