2. Classify each of the following items of factory overhead as either a fixed or a variable cost. (Include any costs that you consider to be semi-variable within the variable category. Remember that variable costs change in total as the volume of production changes.)
Janitor’s wages
Rent
Labor for machine repairs
Vacation pay
Employer’s payroll taxes
Insurance on building
Indirect Labor
Overtime premium pay
Indirect materials
Machine lubricants
Plant manager’s salary
Factory electricity
Depreciation on building (straight line method)
Depreciation on machinery (units-of-production method)
Small tools
Items of factory overhead |
Fixed or a variable cost |
Janitor’s wages |
Fixed cost |
Rent |
Fixed cost |
Labor for machine repairs |
Variable cost |
Vacation pay |
Variable cost |
Employer’s payroll taxes |
Variable cost |
Insurance on building |
Fixed cost |
Indirect Labor |
Variable cost |
Overtime premium pay |
Variable cost |
Indirect materials |
Variable cost |
Machine lubricants |
Variable cost |
Plant manager’s salary |
Fixed cost |
Factory electricity |
Variable cost |
Depreciation on building (straight line method) |
Fixed cost |
Depreciation on machinery (units-of-production method) |
Variable cost |
Small tools |
Fixed cost |
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