In: Accounting
Listed below are costs found in various organizations.
Required:
For each cost item, indicate whether it would be variable or fixed with respect to the number of units produced and sold; and then whether it would be a selling cost, an administrative cost, or a manufacturing cost. If it is a manufacturing cost, indicate whether it is a direct cost or an indirect cost with respect to units of product.
| Manufacturing Cost | ||||||
| Cost Item | Variable or Fixed | Selling Cost | Admin. Cost | Direct | 
 Indirect  | 
|
| Ex. | Direct Labor | Variable | Yes | |||
| Executive Salaries | Fixed | Yes | ||||
| Factory Rent | Fixed | Yes | ||||
| 1 | Property taxes, factory | |||||
| 2 | Boxes used for packaging detergent produced by the company | |||||
| 3 | Salesperson's commission | |||||
| 4 | Supervisor's salary, factory | |||||
| 5 | Depreciation Executive autos | |||||
| 6 | Wages of workers assembling computers | |||||
| 7 | Insurance, finished goods warehouses | |||||
| 8 | lubricants for production equipment | |||||
| 9 | Advertising costs | |||||
| 10 | Microchips used in producing calculators | |||||
| 11 | Shipping cost on merchandise sold | |||||
| 12 | Magazine subscription, factory lunchroom | |||||
| 13 | Thread in a garment factory | |||||
| 14 | Executive life Insurance | |||||
| 15 | Ink used in textbook production | |||||
| 16 | Fringe benefits, materials handling workers | |||||
| 17 | yarn used in sweater production | |||||
| 18 | Wages of receptionist, executive offices | |||||
Cost identification is as shown below:
| Manufacturing Cost | ||||||
| Cost Item | Variable or Fixed | Selling Cost | Admin. Cost | Direct | Indirect | |
| Ex. | Direct Labor | Variable | Yes | |||
| Executive Salaries | Fixed | Yes | ||||
| Factory Rent | Fixed | Yes | ||||
| 1 | Property taxes, factory | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 2 | Boxes used for packaging detergent produced by the company | Variable | Yes | |||
| 3 | Salesperson's commission | Variable | Yes | |||
| 4 | Supervisor's salary, factory | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 5 | Depreciation Executive autos | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 6 | Wages of workers assembling computers | Variable | Yes | |||
| 7 | Insurance, finished goods warehouses | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 8 | lubricants for production equipment | Variable | Yes | |||
| 9 | Advertising costs | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 10 | Microchips used in producing calculators | Variable | Yes | |||
| 11 | Shipping cost on merchandise sold | Variable | Yes | |||
| 12 | Magazine subscription, factory lunchroom | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 13 | Thread in a garment factory | Variable | Yes | |||
| 14 | Executive life Insurance | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 15 | Ink used in textbook production | Variable | Yes | |||
| 16 | Fringe benefits, materials handling workers | Fixed | Yes | |||
| 17 | yarn used in sweater production | Variable | Yes | |||
| 18 | Wages of receptionist, executive offices | Fixed | Yes | |||