Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) With electronic funds transfer (EFT), government agencies can pay and collect money electronically, without having to use paper checks. EFT is safe, secure, efficient, and less expensive than paper check payments and collections. Each time the government pays by check, it costs $1.03 (just over a dollar).
Definition of overhead. 1  1 : business expenses (as rent, insurance, or heating) not chargeable to a particular part of the work or product. 2  2 : ceiling; especially : the ceiling of a ship's compartment. 3  3 : a stroke in a racket game made above head height : smash.
The term overhead is usually used when grouping expenses that are necessary to the continued functioning of the business but cannot be immediately associated with the products or services being offered (i.e., do not directly generate profits).verhead expenses are all costs on the income statement except for direct labour, direct materials, and direct expenses. Overhead expenses include accounting fees, advertising, insurance, interest, legal fees, labor burden, rent, repairs, supplies, taxes, telephone bills, travel expenditures, and utilities.