Selling and administrative budget
Selling and administrative budget plans all non-manufacturing operating costs for a period. It covers variable selling expenses and fixed administrative costs, which are period costs charged straight to the income statement.
Also known asS&A budget
FrameworkMaster budgeting
See it move
A stacked bar builds the selling-and-administrative budget in two layers: fixed admin costs of €18,000 at the base and variable selling costs of €15,000 above it, for a total S&A budget of €33,000. The variable portion is derived from a €5-per-unit sales commission multiplied by 3,000 units sold. Because S&A costs are period costs rather than product costs, they flow directly to the income statement in the period incurred and never pass through work-in-progress or finished-goods inventory.
The formula
Variables
- Variable selling and administrative cost per unit sold (€/unit)
- Units sold
- F_S&A
- Fixed selling and administrative costs for the period (€)
Check yourself
Which of the following most accurately describes the selling and administrative (S&A) budget?