Question

Is advertising a overhead or operating expense

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

           "is advertising a overhead or operating expense"

operating expenses and selling general and administrative expenses are both types of costs involved in running a company a significant in determining its financial well being.While generally synonymous,they each can be listed separately on the corporate income statement.

Operating expense are the costs involved in running the day to day operations of a company they typically make up the majority of a company expenses. OPEX  are not include in costs of goods involved in the production of a company goods and services.cogs include direct labors direct materials or raw materials and overhead cost of production facility.cost of goods sold is typically listed as a separate line item on the income statement.

operating expenses are the remaining costs that are not includes in cogs.Operating expenses can include:

• Rent
• utilities
• salaries/wages
• property taxes
• Business travel