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EX 16-2 Classifying costs as materials, labor, or factory overhead
Indicate whether the following costs of Procter & Gamble (PG), a maker of consumer prod-
ucts, would be classified as direct materials cost, direct labor cost, or factory overhead cost:
a. Depreciation on assembly line equipment in the Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, paper products plant
b. Packaging materials
C. Maintenance supplies
d. Licensing payments for use of Disney characters on children's products
e. Paper used in bath tissue
f. Salary for process engineers
g. Chemicals for body wash products
h. Plant manager salary for the lowa City, lowa, plant
i.
Scents and fragrances used in making soaps and detergents
j.
Wages of production line employees at the Pineville, Louisiana, soap and detergent plant
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