Are operating expenses overhead? 1.60K viewsAccounting0 Hart 0 Comments Are the operating expenses what is called an overhead? I don’t know what overheads actually mean and how they relate to the operating expenses. 1 AnswerActiveVotedNewestOldest 0 Robertson Posted 0 Comments Overhead are the expenses that are incurred as part of the day to day operations. Overhead and operating expenses are pretty much synonymous terms. Register or Login Search for: