Question

The PC Works assembles custom computers from components supplied by various manufacturers. The company is very small and its assembly shop and retail sales store are housed in a single facility in a Redmond, Washington, industrial park. Listed below are some of the costs that are incurred at the company.

For each cost, indicate whether it would most likely be classified as direct labor, direct materials, manufacturing overhead, selling, or an administrative cost.
1. The wages of the assembly shop's supervisor.
a. Direct labor cost
b. Direct materials cost
c. Manufacturing overhead cost
d. Marketing and selling cost
e. Administrative cost
2. The wages of the company's accountant.
a. Direct labor cost
b. Direct materials cost
c. Manufacturing overhead cost
d. Marketing and selling cost
e. Administrative cost
3. Depreciation on equipment used to test assembled computers before release to customers.
a. Direct labor cost
b. Direct materials cost
c. Manufacturing overhead cost
d. Marketing and selling cost
e. Administrative cost
4. Rent on the facility in the industrial park.
a. Direct labor cost
b. Direct materials cost
c. Manufacturing overhead cost
d. Marketing and selling cost
e. Administrative cost

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The classification is as follows;

1. Since the wages are to paid for supervising the assembling process so the same is related to the factory operations therefore considered to be the manufacturing overhead cost

2. The wages paid to the accountant so classified as the administration cost

3. The depreciation is the manufacturing overhead cost as it is the indirect cost.

4. The rent facility should be classified as the manufacturing overhead cost and distributed as per the cost drivers.