Classifying Costs

The following is a list of costs incurred by several manufacturing companies:

Classify each of the following costs as product cost or 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:

Costs	Classification	Answer
a. Annual picnic for plant employees and their families	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
b. Cost of fabric used by clothing manufacturer	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
c. Cost of plastic for a toy manufacturer	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
d. Cost of sewing machine needles used by a shirt manufacturer	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
e. Cost of television commercials	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
f. Depreciation of copying machines used by the Marketing Department	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
g. Depreciation of microcomputers used in the factory to coordinate and monitor the production schedules	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
h. Depreciation of office building	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
i. Depreciation of robotic equipment used to assemble a product	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
j. Electricity used to operate factory machinery	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
k. Factory janitorial supplies	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
l. Fees charged by collection agency on past-due customer accounts	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
m. Fees paid to lawn service for office grounds	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
n. Maintenance costs for factory equipment	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
o. Oil lubricants for factory plant and equipment	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
p. Pens, paper, and other supplies used by the Accounting Department	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
q. Repair costs for factory equipment	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
r. Rent for a warehouse used to store work in process and finished products	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
s. Salary of a physical therapist who treats plant employees	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
t. Salary of the manager of a manufacturing plant	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
u. Telephone charges by corporate office	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
v. Travel costs of marketing executives to annual sales meeting	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
w. Wages of a machine operator on the production line	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense
x. Wages of production quality control personnel	A.Product costs-direct materials cost B.Product costs-direct labor cost C.Product costs-factory overhead cost D.Period costs-selling expense E.Period costs-administrative expense