Absorption costing, which is also known as full absorption costing or full costing, is a method for accumulating fixed and variable costs associated with the production process and apportioning them to individual products.Thus, a product must absorb a broad range of costs.The key costs assigned to products are:bsorption costing, which is also known as full absorption costing or full costing, is a method for accumulating fixed and variable costs associated with the production process and apportioning them to individual products. Thus, a product must absorb a broad range of costs. The key costs assigned to products are:
The Annual Gift Tax Exclusion. The annual gift tax exclusion was indexed for inflation as part of the Tax Relief Act of 1997, so the amount increased in subsequent years to keep pace with the economy. Below is a chart that shows the increases in the annual exclusion from 1997 through 2015.
Thatâs because, after exhausting your annual exclusion, you then have to exhaust your lifetime exclusion before you actually have to pay any gift tax. For example, if you give $40,000 to your brother in 2015, you will have made a taxable gift of $26,000 (that is, $40,000 minus the $14,000 annual exclusion).