3 UNDER ABSORPTION COSTING, FIXED MANU-FACTURING OVERHEAD COSTS ARE...

7-3 Under absorption costing, fixed manu-

facturing overhead costs are included in product

equals sales, inventories do not increase or de-

crease and therefore under absorption costing

costs, along with direct materials, direct labor,

fixed manufacturing overhead cost cannot be

and variable manufacturing overhead. If some of

deferred in inventory or released from inventory.

the units are not sold by the end of the period,

then they are carried into the next period as