Overhead is a cost incurred by a businesses that does not contribute directly to the final product. Utility costs, insurance, administrative and rent are business costs that are counted in overhead.

Overhead is an unavoidable cost in production and service-oriented businesses. Unlike direct costs such as production employee wages and materials that can be applied directly to production or service ...

There are many costs associated with running a business, but all of those costs don’t fall into the same bucket. One type is overhead costs, which are expenses not tied directly to the production of a ...

Overhead allocation is a source of great disagreement in our industry. Should the allocation be based on job price? On job cost? Per project? Or per field man-hour. We understand the pros and cons of ...

Many contractors don’t know their exact job costs, equipment costs, overhead budget and how much profit they should make. Without an understanding of your numbers, working hard in a financial vacuum ...