Accounting seminar solutions

BEA2010 Managerial Accounting

Seminar assignment 1: Introduction to Managerial Accounting – Solutions
Exercise 1

1.Tire costs: Product cost, variable, direct material

2.Sales commissions: Period cost, variable

3.Wood glue: Product cost, variable, either direct material or manufacturing overhead
(i.e.,indirect material) depending on how significant the cost is

4.Wages of security guards: Product cost, variable, manufacturing overhead

5.Salary of financial vice-president: Period cost, fixed

6.Advertising costs: Period cost, fixed

7.Straight-line depreciation: Product cost, fixed, manufacturing overhead

8.Wages of assembly-line personnel: Product cost, variable, direct labor

9.Delivery costs on customer shipments: Period cost, variable

10.Newsprint consumed: Product cost, variable, direct material

11.Plant insurance: Product cost, fixed, manufacturing overhead

12.Glass costs: Product cost, variable, direct material


Exercise 2
Product Cost or Period
Cost Item Number Cost
1. period*
2. product
3. product
4. product
5. product
6. period*
7. product
8. period*
9. product




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