Reference no: EM13379027

1. Product costs and period costs

The costs that follow were extracted from the accounting records of several different manufacturers:

1. Weekly wages of an equipment maintenance worker

2. Marketing costs of a soft drink bottler

3. Cost of sheet metal in a Honda automobile

4. Cost of president's subscription to Fortune magazine

5. Monthly operating costs of pollution control equipment used in a steel mill

6. Weekly wages of a seamstress employed by a jeans maker

7. Cost of compact discs (CDs) for newly recorded releases of Rush, Billy Joel, and Bryan Adams

a. Determine which of these costs are product costs and which are period costs.

b. For the product costs only, determine those that are easily traced to the finished product and those that are not.

2. Definitions of manufacturing concepts
Interstate Manufacturing produces brass fasteners and incurred the following costs for the year just ended:

Materials and supplies used

Brass          $75,000

Repair parts           16,000

Machine lubricants      9,000

Wages and salaries Machine operators       128,000

Production supervisors     64,000

Maintenance personnel     41,000

Other factory overhead Variable   35,000

Fixed         46,000

Sales commissions       20,000

Compute:

a. Total direct materials consumed

b. Total direct labor

c. Total prime cost

d. Total conversion cost

3. Schedule of cost of goods manufactured, income statement

The following information was taken from the ledger of Jefferson Industries, Inc.:

Direct labor	$85,000		Administrative expenses	$59,000
Selling expenses	34,000		Work in. process
Sales	300,000		Jan. 1	29,000
Finished goods			Dec. 31	21,000
Jan. 1	115,000		Direct material purchases	88,000
Dec. 31	131,000		Depreciation: factory	18,000
Raw (direct) materials on hand			Indirect materials used	10,000
Jan. 1	31,000		Indirect labor	24,000
Dec. 31	40,000		Factory taxes	8,000
			Factory utilities	11,000

Prepare the following:

a. A schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year ended December 31.

b. An income statement for the year ended December 31.

3. Manufacturing statements and cost behavior

Tampa Foundry began operations during the current year, manufacturing various products for industrial use. One such product is light-gauge aluminum, which the company sells for $36 per roll. Cost information for the year just ended follows.

Per Unit	Variable Cost	Fixed Cost
Direct materials	$4.50	$ -
Direct labor	6.5	-
Factory overhead	9	50,000
Selling	-	70,000
Administrative	-	135,000

 Production and sales totaled 20,000 rolls and 17,000 rolls, respectively There is no work in process. Tampa carries its finished goods inventory at the average unit cost of production.

Instructions:

a. Determine the cost of the finished goods inventory of light-gauge aluminum.

b. Prepare an income statement for the current year ended December 31

c. On the basis of the information presented:

1. Does it appear that the company pays commissions to its sales staff? Explain.

2. What is the likely effect on the $4.50 unit cost of direct materials if next year's production increases? Why?