Overhead costs are expenses tied to things other than the production of goods or services. Here's how to calculate overhead.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Saundra Schimmelpfennig, a former aid official, takes aim at a popular target: the fixation in the charity world on administrative costs. Ms. Schimmelpfennig, who is writing a book on how aid can ...

The overhead ratio measures how much of a company's total revenue is spent on indirect costs. This metric is useful for identifying areas where costs can be reduced to improve profitability. Analyzing ...

Topline: The federal government gives billions of dollars in research grants to universities every year, but not all of it ...

The federal government has changed key rules that govern the charity drive for federal workers. The most controversial change, which eliminates a restriction on the overhead expenses of charities, was ...

Jay Greene is a senior research fellow in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Defenders of 60% overhead rates, however, insist that they absolutely need this money to cover ...

We have recently seen an increase in audits by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) Office of Enforcement (“OE”) that take issue with the way electric utilities and interstate natural ...

The issue of nonprofit overhead costs continues to come up in conversations with nonprofit board members, funders, and donors. I wrote a column on this topic last year and decided to roll it out again ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Hospital overhead costs rose by $2.7 billion in Rhode Island between 1996 and 2022. Rhode Island hospitals have the second-highest overhead costs in the country, report says. Rhode Island faces a ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Trump administration rule that would cap the amount of overhead costs universities and researchers could charge the federal government. Last ...