ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

BREAK EVEN POINT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Salaries are usually a
A
Fixed cost
B
Variable cost
C
Negligible cost
D
Intransitive cost
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Employee salaries: Salaries are paid on an annual basis, so they are considered fixed even if you give your employee a raise over time. On the other hand, if you pay sales bonuses or commissions, these are considered to be variable costs because they’re tied to production.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fixed costs tend to be costs that are based on time rather than the quantity produced or sold by your business. Examples of fixed costs are rent and lease costs, salaries, utility bills, insurance, and loan repayments. Some kinds of taxes, like business licenses, are also fixed costs.

Detailed explanation-3: -If a company bills out the time of its employees, and those employees are only paid if they work billable hours, then this is a variable cost. However, if they are paid salaries (where they are paid no matter how many hours they work), then this is a fixed cost.

Detailed explanation-4: -In accounting and economics, ‘fixed costs’, also known as indirect costs or overhead costs, are business expenses that are not dependent on the level of goods or services produced by the business. They tend to be recurring, such as interest or rents being paid per month.

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