Examples of direct costs — AccountingTools
www.accountingtools.com › articles › what-areApr 13, 2021 · Examples of direct costs are consumable supplies, direct materials, sales commissions, and freight. There are very few direct costs, since most costs are associated with overhead - that is, they cannot be precisely matched to a cost object. The best way to determine whether a cost is a direct cost is to compare changes in the cost to changes in the associated cost object.