It takes more than raw materials and shop workers to manufacture products. Factories need power, supplies and employees whose functions are essential to the operation even though they aren't part of ...

Cost allocations using the direct labor method of accounting work the best when a business produces only one or two types of products. Using this traditional method of determining a company's labor ...

The most common mistake is allocating overhead as a percentage of job cost. This practice is so universal that we rarely meet a contractor who veers from it. For example, assume a painting contractor ...

We lost a little bit, but the job still made money.” As a construction business owner, you know that “making money” at the project level does not necessarily equate to a profit on the project after ...

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The Construction Dual Rate Overhead Allocation Calculator mobile app is Stevens Construction Institute’s best selling mobile app, according to Matt Stevens of Stevens Construction Institute. The ...

We have recently seen an increase in audits by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) Office of Enforcement (“OE”) that take issue with the way electric utilities and interstate natural ...