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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

ByHoang TruongUpdated

FrameworkMaster budgeting

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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.

Where it fits
SubjectManagerial AccountingAdvancedTopicBudgeting & the Master BudgetAdvanced

The formula

LaTeX
S&A=vQ+FS&A\text{S\&A} = v \cdot Q + F_{\text{S\&A}}

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

PracticeCORE

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Selling and Administrative Budget Explained