Which of the following are parts S,G&A for General Motors? Cost of purchasing assembly line robots Cost of steel and aluminum Salaries of workers on assembly line Salaries of marketing/advertising people Interest expense on bonds Cost of insurance for headquarters Federal income tax Salary of CFO

Which of the following costs is best classified as a fixed cost with respect to volume of activity? (See your Chapter 20 notes, page 5)  Direct labor Electricity used to heat, light, and cool a factory Cleaning supplies used in an automobile assembly plant Straight-line depreciation expense of a machine used in a factory Total cost of salaries paid to quality inspectors in a manufacturing plant Tires used in an automobile manufacturing plant

In the context of a real-life company, an identification and discussion of the different types of costsassociated with its operations ?

Ethics in Action TAC Industries Inc. sells heavy equipment to large corporations and federal, state, and local governments. Corporate sales are the result of a competitive bidding process, where TAC competes against other companies based on selling price. Sales to the government, however, are determined on a cost plus basis, where the selling price is determined by adding a fixed markup percentage to the total job cost. Tandy Lane is the cost accountant for the Equipment Division of TAC Industries Inc. The division is under pressure from senior management to improve income from operations. As Tandy reviewed the division's job cost sheets, she realized that she could increase the division's income from operations by moving a portion of the direct labor hours that had been assigned to the job order cost sheets of corporate customers onto the job order costs sheets of government customers. She believed that this would create a “win–win” for the division by (1) reducing the cost of…