Larry's Appliance Shop operates retail stores that sell appliances. The cost objects are the individual sales of
Question:
Larry's Appliance Shop operates retail stores that sell appliances. The cost objects are the individual sales of a given type of appliance and sales support. For refrigerators in July, the following costs were recorded:
Professional sales staff commissions....................$84,000
Amortization on office space........................................4,000
Selling supplies ............................................................6,400
Office staff expenses .................................................24,800
Customer relations .......................................................8,600
Training expenses ..........................................................6,000
Utilities .............................................................................1,400
Required:
a. Which of the costs will be subject to direct cost tracing?
b. What is the total cost for refrigerators?
Statistics for Business Decision Making and Analysis
ISBN: 978-0321890269
2nd edition
Authors: Robert Stine, Dean Foster