Variable costing income statements
typically
present
expenses
according to cost behavior(variable and fixed), although expenses can also be presented by functional classifications within the behavioral categories. See Exhibit 3.10 for the variable costing model.
Two differences exist between absorption and variable costing: one relates to cost accu mulation and the other relates to cost presentation. The cost accumulation difference is that absorption costing treats FOH as a product cost; variable costing treats it as a period cost.