Activity based costing is a widely used method to reshape the traditional accounting systems into management information systems providing are liable guidance for decision makers. The currently applied logistics costing procedures can also be further developed by using this methodology. Doing so calculation distortions preventing the exact cost benefit evaluation of logistics or supply chains and their components can be reduced significantly. The paper aims to identify the related problems and propose a solution for logistics costing by adopting the activity based approach. The corresponding basic mathematical formulas are elaborated, too. As the recommendations are derived from a theoretical point of view, additional practical validations of the model are intended to be developed in the near future.