Reference no: EM132612272
Absorption costing and variable costing differ in three aspects:
1. with their treatment of the fixed overhead
Absorption Costing -product cost
Variable Costing - period cost
2. how they present cost in their respective income statement.
Absorption Costing - presents cost according to its function-product and period.
Variable Costing - contribution margin income statement - according to behavior.
3. and how they are being used in business.
Absorption Costing - external reporting
Variable Costing - internal reporting
Question 1: Discuss the relationship among the way the two costing method treat fixed overhead, how they present cost and how they are being used in the business?