Bell Company, a manufacturer of audio systems, started its production in October 2017. For the preceding 3 years, Bell had been a retailer of audio systems. After a thorough survey of audio system markets, Bell decided to turn its retail store into an audio equipment factory. Raw materials cost for an audio system will total $75 per unit. Workers on the production lines are on average paid $15 per hour. An audio system usually takes 7 hours to complete. In addition, the rent on the equipment used to assemble audio systems amounts to $5,120 per month. Indirect materials cost $6 per system. A supervisor was hired to oversee production; her monthly salary is $3,840. Factory janitorial costs are $1,410 monthly. Advertising costs for the audio system will be $8,750 per month. The factory building depreciation expense is $7,200 per year. Property taxes on the factory building will be $9,000 per year.     Assuming that Bell manufactures, on average, 1,520 audio systems per month, enter each cost item on your answer sheet, placing the dollar amount per month under the appropriate headings. Total the dollar amounts in each of the columns.     Product Costs     Cost Item   Direct Materials   Direct Labor   Manufacturing Overhead   Period Costs Raw materials   $   $   $   $ Wages for workers                 Rent on equipment                 Indirect materials                 Factory supervisor’s salary                 Janitorial costs                 Advertising                 Depreciation on factory building                 Property taxes on factory building                     $   $   $   $

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Bell Company, a manufacturer of audio systems, started its production in October 2017. For the preceding 3 years, Bell had been a retailer of audio systems. After a thorough survey of audio system markets, Bell decided to turn its retail store into an audio equipment factory.

Raw materials cost for an audio system will total $75 per unit. Workers on the production lines are on average paid $15 per hour. An audio system usually takes 7 hours to complete. In addition, the rent on the equipment used to assemble audio systems amounts to $5,120 per month. Indirect materials cost $6 per system. A supervisor was hired to oversee production; her monthly salary is $3,840.

Factory janitorial costs are $1,410 monthly. Advertising costs for the audio system will be $8,750 per month. The factory building depreciation expense is $7,200 per year. Property taxes on the factory building will be $9,000 per year.
 
 
Assuming that Bell manufactures, on average, 1,520 audio systems per month, enter each cost item on your answer sheet, placing the dollar amount per month under the appropriate headings. Total the dollar amounts in each of the columns.

   
Product Costs
   

Cost Item
 
Direct
Materials
 
Direct
Labor
 
Manufacturing
Overhead
 
Period
Costs
Raw materials  
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
Wages for workers  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent on equipment  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Indirect materials  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Factory supervisor’s salary  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Janitorial costs  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advertising  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation on factory building  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property taxes on factory building                
   
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
 
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