Manufacturing overhead is any or all indirect expenses of the
company for production. Any expenditure which is not directly
related to production is indirect expenditure and therefore it is
called as “manufacturing overhead”.
Manufacturing overhead includes the following:
- Overtime premium – which is not a direct labor but indirect
labor. Therefore, it is manufacturing overhead.
- Employer payroll taxes such as Federal unemployment taxes are
in addition to normal wages and hence it is also manufacturing
overhead.
- Indirect labor such as the wages of the factory floor janitor
–as the name itself says indirect labor and so it is also
manufacturing overhead.
- Indirect materials such as glue – is also indirect material,
anything not directly appears in the co final product is
manufacturing overhead. Glue not appears in the final product and
is indirect material. Therefore, it is also manufacturing
overhead.
Therefore, the correct option is (E)
all of the above.