Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337912020
Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 1, Problem 7E
Classifying costs In a service company
A partial list of the costs for Wisconsin and Minnesota Railroad, a short hauler of freight, follows.
Classify each cost as either indirect or direct. For purposes of classifying each cost, use the train as the cost object.
- a. Costs of accident cleanup
- b. Cost to lease (rent) locomotives and railroad cars
- c. Cost of track and bed (ballast) replacement
- d. Depredation of terminal facilities
- e. Diesel fuel costs
- f. Information technology support staff salaries
- g. Insurance costs
- h. Maintenance costs of right of way, bridges, and buildings
- i. Safety training costs
- j. Salaries of dispatching and communications personnel
- k. Wages of switch and classification yard personnel
- l. Wages of train engineers
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Managerial Accounting
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