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  • Jun 30, 2010, 04:49 PM
    tgreen1
    How do you determine what the fixed costs are?
    Toledo Toy Company incurred the following costs during 20x4. The company sold all of its products
    manufactured during the year.
    Direct material... $4,500,000
    Direct labor... 3,300,000
    Manufacturing overhead:
    Utilities (primarily electricity)... 210,000
    Depreciation on plant and equipment... 345,000
    Insurance... 240,000
    Supervisory salaries... 450,000
    Property taxes... 315,000
    Selling costs:
    Advertising... 292,500
    Sales commissions... 135,000
    Administrative costs:
    Salaries of top management and staff... 558,000
    Office supplies... 60,000
    Depreciation on building and equipment... 120,000
    During 20x4, the company operated at about half of its capacity, due to a slowdown in the economy.
    Prospects for 20x5 are slightly better. Jared Lowe's, the marketing manager, forecasts a 30 percent
    growth in sales over the 20x4 level.
    Required: Categorize each of the costs listed above as to whether it is most likely variable or fixed.
    Forecast the 20x5 cost amount for each of the cost items listed above.

    I understand how to come up with the answer for all the variable costs, but what I am confused on is determining how to get the correct answer for the fixed can some help, please.
  • Jul 1, 2010, 03:35 AM
    morgaine300

    If you know all the variable, then the rest are fixed. It's one or the other unless you have mixed costs, but sometimes it's hard to tell those and if the problem doesn't require you pick them out, then assume there aren't any.

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