A review of the accounting records of Solomon Manufacturing indicated that the company incurred the following payroll costs during the month of March. Assume the company's financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP 1. Salary of the company president-$31,800. 2. Salary of the vice president of manufacturing-$16,500. 3. Salary of the chief financial officer-$18,400. 4. Salary of the vice president of marketing-$16,400. 5. Salaries of middle managers (department heads, production supervisors) in manufacturing plant-$200,000. 6. Wages of production workers-$933,000. 7. Salaries of administrative secretaries-$108,000. 8. Salaries of engineers and other personnel responsible for maintaining production equipment-$185,000. 9. Commissions paid to sales staff-$250,000. Required a. What amount of payroll cost would be classified as SG&A expense? b. Assuming that Solomon made 3,500 units of product and sold 2,800 of them during the month of March, determine the amount of payroll cost that would be included in cost of goods sold. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Payroll is a comprehensive record of employees that are paid by the company. Payroll classifies employees into various categories according to their function and pays scale (basic wage, allowance, income tax, other taxes, employee loans, etc.). Payroll p…