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 |
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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 |