In: Accounting
The following cost data for the year just ended pertain to Sentiments, Inc., a greeting card manufacturer:
Direct material | $ | 2,200,000 | |
Advertising expense | 98,000 | ||
Depreciation on factory building | 115,000 | ||
Direct labor: wages | 535,000 | ||
Cost of finished goods inventory at year-end | 115,000 | ||
Indirect labor: wages | 142,000 | ||
Production supervisor’s salary | 47,000 | ||
Service department costs* | 100,000 | ||
Direct labor: fringe benefits | 99,000 | ||
Indirect labor: fringe benefits | 30,000 | ||
Fringe benefits for production supervisor | 11,000 | ||
Total overtime premiums paid | 55,000 | ||
Cost of idle time: production employees§ | 40,000 | ||
Administrative costs | 150,000 | ||
Rental of office space for sales personnel† | 15,000 | ||
Sales commissions | 6,000 | ||
Product promotion costs | 10,000 | ||
*All services are provided to manufacturing departments.
§Cost of idle time is an overhead item; it is not included in the direct-labor wages given above.
The rental of sales space was made necessary when the sales offices were converted to storage space for raw material.
Compute each of the following costs for the year just ended
a.Total prime cost
Total manufacturing overhead costs
Total conversion costs
Total product costs
Total period costs
a) Total Primecost:
Direct materials : $ 2200000
Direct Labour:
Wages $535000
Fringe benifits $ 99000 634000
$ 2854000
Total Manufacturing Overheads:
Depreciation on Factory building $ 115000
Indirect labour :
Wages : $ 142000
Fringe benifits : $ 30000 $172000
Production Supervisor Salary $ 47000
Frinde benifits for production supervisor $11000
Cost of Idle time $40000
Cost of Overtime time paid $55000
Service department costs $100000
$ 540000
Total Conversion Costs :
Total Conversion costs = Direct labourcosts + Manufacturing overheads
= $ 634000 + 540000
= $ 1174000
Total product cost:
Total product cost = Primecost + Manufacturing overhead cost
= $2854000 + $ 540000
= $ 3394000
Total period costs:
Administrative Costs $ 155000
Sales commision $ 6000
Product promotion $10000
Advertisement expenses $98000
Rental of office space $15000
$284000
Notes :
1) it is assumed that fringe benifites provided to the directlabour are part of directlabour cost and indirect labour and benifits provided to them are treated as Overhead cost
2) Conversional costs are those that are incured for converting raw material into finished goods.As a result conversion costs include labour and Manufacturiong overheads