Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.33E
Inventoriable costs versus period costs. Each of the following cost items pertains to one of these companies: Best Buy (a merchandising-sector company), KitchenAid (a manufacturing-sector company), and HughesNet (a service-sector company):
- a. Cost of phones and computers available for sale in Best Buy’s electronics department
- b. Electricity used to provide lighting for assembly-line workers at a KitchenAid manufacturing plant
- c. Depreciation on HughesNet satellite equipment used to provide its services
- d. Electricity used to provide lighting for Best Buy’s store aisles
- e. Wages for personnel responsible for quality testing of the KitchenAid products during the assembly process
- f. Salaries of Best Buy’s marketing personnel planning local-newspaper advertising campaigns
- g. Perrier mineral water purchased by HughesNet for consumption by its software engineers
- h. Salaries of HughesNet area sales managers
- i. Depreciation on vehicles used to transport KitchenAid products to retail stores
- 1. Distinguish between manufacturing-, merchandising-, and service-sector companies.
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- 2. Distinguish between inventoriable costs and period costs.
- 3. Classify each of the cost items (a−i) as an inventoriable cost or a period cost. Explain your answers.
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Each of the following cost items pertains to one of these companies: Best Buy (a merchandising-sector company), KitchenAid (a manufacturing-sector company), and HughesNet (a service-sector company):
a. Cost of phones and computers available for sale in Best Buy’s electronics department
b. Electricity used to provide lighting for assembly-line workers at a KitchenAid manufacturing plant
c. Depreciation on HughesNet satellite equipment used to provide its services
d. Electricity used to provide lighting for Best Buy’s store aisles
e. Wages for personnel responsible for quality testing of the KitchenAid products during the assembly process
f. Salaries of Best Buy’s marketing personnel planning local-newspaper advertising campaigns
g. Perrier mineral water purchased by HughesNet for consumption by its software engineers
h. Salaries of HughesNet area sales managers i. Depreciation on vehicles used to transport KitchenAid products to retail stores
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Chapter 2 Solutions
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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