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Classify costs
Cromwell Furniture Company manufactures sofas for distribution to several major retail chains. The following costs are incurred in the production and sale of sofas:
Fabric for sofa coverings
Wood for framing the sofas
Legal fees paid to attorneys in defense of the company in a patent infringement suit, $25,000 plus $160 per hour
Salary of production supervisor
Cartons used to ship sofas
Rent on experimental equipment, $50 for every sofa produced
Straight-line
Rental costs of warehouse, $30,000 per month
Property taxes on property, plant, and equipment
Insurance premiums on property, plant, and equipment, $25,000 per year plus $25 per $25,000 of insured value over $16,000,000
Springs for seat cushions
Consulting fee of $120,000 paid to efficiency specialists
Electricity costs of $0.13 per kilowatt-hour
Salesperson’s salary, $80,000 plus 4% of the selling price of each sofa sold
Foam rubber for cushion fillings
Janitorial supplies, $2,500 per month
Employer's FICA taxes on controller's salary of $180,000
Salary of designers
Wages of sewing machine operators
Sewing supplies
Instructions
Classify the preceding costs as either fixed, variable, or mixed. Use the following tabular headings and place an X in the appropriate column. Identify each cost by letter in the cost column.
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