Discover how to calculate variable overhead spending variance, its impact on costs, and examples of favorable vs. unfavorable variances in business operations.

Every business has operating expenses — that is, the costs of running the business. These expenses can generally be classified in two ways: Fixed expenses and variable expenses. Understanding the ...

The amount of money many companies spend is in many ways directly proportionate to how much they produce. That is, there are a lot of variable costs that come with running a company. These costs are ...

As you work to create a budget, it’s important to understand how fixed and variable expenses will impact your bottom line. David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the ...

Business managers analyze variable and fixed expenses to know costs of business operations and expand on methods of increasing profits. Knowing both variable and fixed expenses helps management to ...