Question

Classifying costs

The following is a list of costs that were incurred in the production and sale of large commercial airplanes:

a.     Salary of chief compliance officer of company

b.     Power used by painting equipment

c.     Instrument panel installed in the airplane cockpit

d.     Annual bonus paid to the chief operating officer of the company

e.     Turbo-charged airplane engine

f.      Interior trim material used throughout the airplane cabin

g.     Cost of normal scrap from production of airplane body

h.     Hourly wages of employees that assemble the airplane

i.       Salary of the marketing department personnel

j.      Cost of paving the headquarters employee parking lot

k.     Cost of electrical wiring throughout the airplane

l.       Cost of electronic guidance system installed in the airplane cockpit

m.   Salary of plant manager

n.     Cost of miniature replicas of the airplane used to promote and market the airplane

o.     Human resources department costs for the year

p.     Metal used for producing the airplane body

q.     Annual fee to a celebrity to promote the aircraft

r.      Hydraulic pumps used in the airplane’s flight control system

s.      Yearly cost of the maintenance contract for robotic equipment

t.      Prebuilt leather seats installed in the first-class cabin

u.     Depreciation on factory equipment

v.     Special advertising campaign in Aviation Worldmagazine

w.    Oil to lubricate factory equipment

x.     Masks for use by painters in painting the airplane body

y.     Decals for cockpit door, the cost of which is immaterial to the cost of the final product

z.     Salary of chief financial officer

Instructions

Classify each cost as either a product cost or a period cost. Indicate whether each product cost is a direct materials cost, a direct labor cost, or a factory overhead cost. Indicate whether each period cost is a selling expense or an administrative expense. Use the following tabular headings for your answer, placing an "x" in the appropriate column

Answer 1

Period costs-administrative expense a. Salary of chief compliance officer of company b. Power used by painting equipment c. Instrument panel installed in the airplane cockpit Product costs-factory overhead cost Product costs-direct materials cost d. Annual bonus paid to the chief operating officer of the company Period costs-administrative expense Product costs-direct materials cost e. Turbo-charged airplane engine f. Interior trim material used throughout the airplane cabin Product costs-direct materials cost Product costs-factory overhead cost g. Cost of normal scrap from production of airplane body h. Hourly wages of employees that assemble the airplane Product costs-direct labor cost i. Salary of the marketing department personnel j. Cost of paving the headquarters employee parking lot Period costs-selling expense Period costs-administrative expense k. Cost of electrical wiring throughout the airplane Product costs-direct materials cost Product costs-direct materials cost Product costs-factory overhead cost 1. Cost of electronic guidance system installed in the airplane cockpit m. Salary of plant manager n. Cost of miniature replicas of the airplane used to promote and market the airplane o. Human resources department costs for the year Period costs-selling expense Period costs-administrative expense p. Metal used for producing the airplane body Product costs-direct materials cost q. Annual fee to a celebrity to promote the aircraft Period costs-selling expense 1. Hydraulic pumps used in the airplane's flight control system Product costs-direct materials cost s. Yearly cost of the maintenance contract for robotic equipment Product costs-factory overhead cost t. Prebuilt leather seats installed in the first-class cabin Product costs-direct materials cost Product costs-factory overhead cost Period costs-selling expense Product costs-factory overhead cost u. Depreciation on factory equipment v. Special advertising campaign in Aviation Worldmagazine w. Oil to lubricate factory equipment x. Masks for use by painters in painting the airplane body y. Decals for cockpit door, the cost of which is immaterial to the cost of the final product z. Salary of chief financial officer Product costs-factory overhead cost Product costs-factory overhead cost Period costs-administrative expense