Each of the following cost items pertains to one of these​ companies: Home Depot​ (a merchandising-sector​ company), Apple​ (a manufacturing-sector​ company), and Rent a Nanny​ (a service-sector​ company): LOADING... ​(Click the icon to view the cost​ items.)   Read the requirements LOADING... .

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Each of the following cost items pertains to one of these​ companies: Home Depot​ (a merchandising-sector​ company), Apple​ (a manufacturing-sector​ company), and Rent a Nanny​ (a service-sector​ company):
LOADING...
​(Click
the icon to view the cost​ items.)
 
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requirements
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Requirement 1. Distinguish between​ manufacturing-, merchandising-, and​ service- companies.
 
 
Manufacturing-sector
Merchandising-sector
Service-sector
companies provide services or intangible products to their
customers—for
​example, legal advice or audits.  
 
 
Manufacturing-sector
Merchandising-sector
Service-sector
companies purchase materials and components and convert them into different finished goods.
 
 
Manufacturing-sector
Merchandising-sector
Service-sector
companies purchase and then sell tangible products without changing their basic form.
Requirement 2. Distinguish between inventoriable costs and period costs.
 
Select whether each statement is explaining an inventoriable cost or a period cost.
 
 
Inventoriable costs
Period costs
are all costs in the income statement other than cost of goods sold.
 
 
Inventoriable costs
Period costs
are all costs of a product that are regarded as an asset when they are incurred and then become cost of goods sold when the product is sold.  
 
 
Inventoriable costs
Period costs
for a manufacturing company are included in​ work-in-process and finished goods inventory​ (they are​ "inventoried") to build up the costs of creating these assets.
 
 
Inventoriable costs
Period costs
are treated as expenses at the time they are incurred because they are presumed not to benefit future periods​ (or because there is not sufficient evidence to conclude that such benefit​ exists). Expensing these costs immediately best matches expenses to revenues.
Requirement 3. Classify each of the cost items
​(​A-I​)
as an inventoriable cost or a period cost. Explain your answers.
 
a. Lumber at Home Depot is ​a(n)
 
inventoriable cost
period cost
since the lumber is
 
an asset (inventory) held to sale to customers.
presumed not to benefit future periods.
 
The cost of lumber becomes part of
 
cost of goods sold
manufacturing overhead
operating expenses
when it is sold to customers.
b. Electricity in an Apple manufacturing plant is​ a(n)
 
inventoriable cost
period cost
.
It is
 
a direct cost
an indirect cost
of the product being produced.
c. Depreciation on the shelving at Home Depot is​ a(n)
 
inventoriable cost
period cost
.
It is
 
a cost of selling their products
a cost of the products
​,
not
 
a cost of selling their products
a cost of the products
.
d. Mileage for Rent a Nanny is​ a(n)
 
inventoriable cost
period cost
since
 
it has no inventory.
it is a cost of services provided.
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