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Identify Fixed and Variable Costs
Intuit Inc. develops and sells software products for the personal finance market, including popular titles such as Quickbooks® and TurboTax®. Classify each of the following costs and expenses for this company as either variable or fixed to the number of units produced and sold:
| a. Packaging costs | |
| b. Sales commissions | |
| c. Property taxes on general offices | |
| d. Shipping expenses | |
| e. Straight-line depreciation of computer equipment | |
| f. President’s salary | |
| g. Salaries of software developers | |
| h. Salaries of human resources personnel | |
| i. Wages of telephone order assistants | |
| j. Costs of providing online support | |
| k. Users' guides |
| Type of Costs | ||||||||||
| a. Packaging costs | Variable Costs | |||||||||
| b. Sales commissions | Variable Costs | |||||||||
| c. Property taxes on general offices | Fixed Costs | |||||||||
| d. Shipping expenses | Variable Costs | |||||||||
| e. Straight-line depreciation of computer equipment | Fixed Costs | |||||||||
| f. President’s salary | Fixed Costs | |||||||||
| g. Salaries of software developers | Fixed Costs | |||||||||
| h. Salaries of human resources personnel | Fixed Costs | |||||||||
| i. Wages of telephone order assistants | Variable Costs | |||||||||
| j. Costs of providing online support | Variable Costs | |||||||||
| k. Users' guides | Variable Costs | |||||||||
| The variable costs are the costs which varies with the level of activity and number of units sold or produced | ||||||||||
| Fixed costs are the period costs, they remain the same month of month irrespective of the number of units produced or sold- They do not vary as per level of activity | ||||||||||