Restaurants are businesses with high overhead costs and a high potential for waste. The two largest expense categories are labor and food and beverage. Food and beverage expenses are categorized on ...

Fixed expenses are easier to plan around because they stay the same from one month to the next. Variable expenses, on the other hand, are less predictable. Understanding both types and how they impact ...

Businesses make advance payments for a variety of different expenses. Any expense that is paid in advance of actually receiving the benefit of the payment is considered a prepaid expense for ...

Budgeting, quite simply, is the act of spending your money efficiently. The importance of budgeting cannot be overemphasized, and whether you’re looking at your individual finances or running a ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in ...

Running a business is about more than selling goods or services. Business operations depend on a host of support—from the facilities the business occupies to the employees who keep it running. These ...

A major part of budgeting is projecting fixed expenses versus variable expenses. The fixed ones are often much simpler to plan for because they will change less frequently and often the merchant ...

Discover how accruals affect company finances, with insights into the accrual accounting method, its applications, and examples illustrating its principles.

As you work to create a budget, it’s important to understand how fixed and variable expenses will impact your bottom line. David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and ...