The following calendar year-end information is taken from December 31, 2015, adjust
Required
- Identity and classify each of the costs above as either a product or period cost.
- Classify each of the product costs as either direct materials, direct labor, or factory
overhead. - Classify each of the period costs as either selling or general and administrative expenses.
Concept introduction:
Product cost:
The costs are incurred when the product is acquired or produced and are considered in the inventory valuation. It includes costs of direct materials, direct labor and manufacturing overheads. Rents on factory building, factory maintenance, and depreciation on factory equipment are some of its examples.
Period cost:
These costs are associated with the passage of time, i.e. when the business has no production or inventory purchasing activities, this cost would still be incurred. Mostly, these costs are associated with selling or general and administrative activities. Depreciation on office equipment, advertising expense and office manager salaries are some of its examples.
Requirement 1:
Identification and classification of costs of Best Bikes as either product or period.
Answer to Problem 2PSB
Classification of costs of Best Bikes (Amount in $):
Particulars | Product cost | Period cost |
Advertising expense | 20, 250 | |
Depreciation expense- Office equipment | 8, 440 | |
Depreciation expense- Selling equipment | 10, 125 | |
Depreciation expense- Factory equipment | 35, 400 | |
Factory supervision | 1, 21, 500 | |
Factory supplies used | 6, 060 | |
Factory utilities | 37, 500 | |
Direct labor | 5, 62, 500 | |
Indirect labor | 59, 000 | |
Miscellaneous production costs | 8, 440 | |
Office salaries expense | 70, 875 | |
Raw materials purchases | 8, 94, 375 | |
Rent expense- Office space | 23, 625 | |
Rent expense- Selling space | 27, 000 | |
Rent expense- Factory building | 93, 500 | |
Maintenance expense- Factory equipment | 30, 375 | |
Sales salaries expense | 2, 95, 300 |
Explanation of Solution
The costs of Best Bikes can be classified into product or period based on their nature as explained below:
Product costs are incurred when the product is acquired or produced and are considered in the inventory valuation. It includes costs of direct materials, direct labor and manufacturing overheads. Therefore, following costs would be classified as Product:
- Depreciation expense- Factory equipment: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Factory supervision: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Factory supplies used: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Factory utilities: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Direct labor: as it is cost of direct labor
- Indirect labor: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Miscellaneous production costs: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Raw material purchases: as it relates to direct materials
- Rent expense- Factory building: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
- Maintenance expense- Factory equipment: as it relates to manufacturing overheads
Period costs are associated with the passage of time, i.e. when the business has no production or inventory purchasing activities, this cost would still be incurred. Mostly, these costs are associated with selling or general and administrative activities. Following would be classified as Period costs:
- Advertising expense: : as it relates to selling activity
- Depreciation expense- Office equipment: as it relates to general and administrative activity
- Depreciation expense- Selling equipment: as it relates to selling activity
- Office salaries expense: as it relates to general and administrative activity
- Rent expense- Office space: as it relates to general and administrative activity
- Rent expense- Selling space: as it relates to selling activity
- Sales salaries expense: as it relates to selling activity
Therefore, identification and classification of costs of Best Bikes, as asked in the given problem is shown below:
Classification of costs of Best Bikes (Amount in $):
Particulars | Product cost | Period cost |
Advertising expense | 20, 250 | |
Depreciation expense- Office equipment | 8, 440 | |
Depreciation expense- Selling equipment | 10, 125 | |
Depreciation expense- Factory equipment | 35, 400 | |
Factory supervision | 1, 21, 500 | |
Factory supplies used | 6, 060 | |
Factory utilities | 37, 500 | |
Direct labor | 5, 62, 500 | |
Indirect labor | 59, 000 | |
Miscellaneous production costs | 8, 440 | |
Office salaries expense | 70, 875 | |
Raw materials purchases | 8, 94, 375 | |
Rent expense- Office space | 23, 625 | |
Rent expense- Selling space | 27, 000 | |
Rent expense- Factory building | 93, 500 | |
Maintenance expense- Factory equipment | 30, 375 | |
Sales salaries expense | 2, 95, 300 |
Concept introduction:
Product cost:
The costs are incurred when the product is acquired or produced and are considered in the inventory valuation. It includes costs of direct materials, direct labor and manufacturing overheads. Rents on factory building, factory maintenance, and depreciation on factory equipment are some of its examples.
Direct materials:
These are the cost of materials used for production of the product. The cost of all the materials integral to finished product and having a physical presence that is readily traced to that finished product is included in direct materials.
Direct labor:
These consist of wages paid to labor who have physically and directly work on the goods being produced other than administrative and selling activities.
Factory overheads:
All other costs remaining other than direct materials and direct labor relating to factory comes under Factory overheads.
Requirement 2:
Identification and classification of product costs of Best Bikes as direct materials, direct labor and factory overheads.
Answer to Problem 2PSB
Classification of product costs of Best Bikes (Amount in $):
Particulars | Direct materials | Direct labor | Factory overheads |
Depreciation expense- Factory equipment | 35, 400 | ||
Factory supervision | 1, 21, 500 | ||
Factory supplies used | 6, 060 | ||
Factory utilities | 37, 500 | ||
Direct labor | 5, 62, 500 | ||
Indirect labor | 59, 000 | ||
Miscellaneous production costs | 8, 440 | ||
Raw materials purchases | 8, 94, 375 | ||
Rent expense- Factory building | 93, 500 | ||
Maintenance expense- Factory equipment | 30, 375 |
Explanation of Solution
The product costs of Best Bikes can be classified into direct materials, direct labor and factory overheads based on their nature as explained below:
Direct materials are the cost of materials used for production of the product. Therefore, costs of Raw material purchases would be classified under direct materials.
Direct labor includes wages paid to labor who have physically and directly work on the goods being produced other than administrative and selling activities. Only cost of direct labor would be covered under direct labor.
All other costs remaining other than direct materials and direct labor relating to factory comes under Factory overheads. Therefore, following costs would factory overheads:
- Depreciation expense- Factory equipment
- Factory supervision
- Factory supplies used
- Factory utilities
- Indirect labor
- Miscellaneous production costs
- Rent expense- Factory building
- Maintenance expense- Factory equipment
Therefore, identification and classification of product costs of Best Bikes, as asked in the given problem is shown below:
Classification of product costs of Best Bikes (Amount in $):
Particulars | Direct materials | Direct labor | Factory overheads |
Depreciation expense- Factory equipment | 35, 400 | ||
Factory supervision | 1, 21, 500 | ||
Factory supplies used | 6, 060 | ||
Factory utilities | 37, 500 | ||
Direct labor | 5, 62, 500 | ||
Indirect labor | 59, 000 | ||
Miscellaneous production costs | 8, 440 | ||
Raw materials purchases | 8, 94, 375 | ||
Rent expense- Factory building | 93, 500 | ||
Maintenance expense- Factory equipment | 30, 375 |
Concept introduction:
Period cost:
These costs are associated with the passage of time, i.e. when the business has no production or inventory purchasing activities, this cost would still be incurred. Mostly, these costs are associated with selling or general and administration activities. Depreciation on office equipment, advertising expense and office manager salaries are some of its examples.
Selling expenses:
These are the expenses incurred for making sales. These include direct and indirect cost associated with selling a product.
General or administrative expenses:
These are basically the overheads of the company. These are the costs a company incurs to keep its business operational.
Requirement 3:
Identification and classification of period costs of Best Bikes as either selling or general and administration expenses.
Answer to Problem 2PSB
Classification of period costs of Best Bikes (Amount in $):
Particulars | Selling expenses | General or administration expenses |
Advertising expense | 20, 250 | |
Depreciation expense- Office equipment | 8, 440 | |
Depreciation expense- Selling equipment | 10, 125 | |
Office salaries expense | 70, 875 | |
Rent expense- Office space | 23, 625 | |
Rent expense- Selling space | 27, 000 | |
Sales salaries expense | 2, 95, 300 |
Explanation of Solution
The period costs of Best Bikes can be classified into product or period based on their nature as explained below:
Period costs are associated with the passage of time and are associated with selling and general or administration activities.
Selling expenses are incurred for making sales and include direct and indirect cost associated with selling a product. Following would be covered under selling expenses:
- Advertising expense:
- Depreciation expense- Selling equipment
- Rent expense- Selling space
- Sales salaries expense
General or administrative expenses are the overheads a company incurs to keep its business operational. Following are classified under them:
- Depreciation expense- Office equipment
- Office salaries expense
- Rent expense- Office space
Therefore, identification and classification of period costs of Best Bikes, as asked in the given problem is shown below:
Classification of period costs of Best Bikes (Amount in $):
Particulars | Selling expenses | General or administration expenses |
Advertising expense | 20, 250 | |
Depreciation expense- Office equipment | 8, 440 | |
Depreciation expense- Selling equipment | 10, 125 | |
Office salaries expense | 70, 875 | |
Rent expense- Office space | 23, 625 | |
Rent expense- Selling space | 27, 000 | |
Sales salaries expense | 2, 95, 300 |
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