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Prime cost and conversion cost share what common element of total cost?

a) fixed overheads

b) variable overheads

c) direct material

d) direct labor

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Question added by Mir Mujtaba Ali , Internal Audit Manager , Confidential
Date Posted: 2015/02/05
Lesley Lanag CMA CPA
by Lesley Lanag CMA CPA , Senior Accountant , Takaful Emarat Insurance (P.S.C)

Answer D. Direct labor (both prime cost and conversion cost)

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

d. direct labour costs

 

Prime costs are all the direct costs of a product i.e. those costs that can be traced conveniently to each unit. These include direct materials cost and direct labor cost.

Conversion costs are all manufacturing costs other than direct materials cost. These include direct labor costs and manufacturing overheads.

Waqayan Al Waqayan
by Waqayan Al Waqayan , Secretary of Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB) , Ahli United Bank (AUB)

Option D) is the correct answer

 

Sahar Alech
by Sahar Alech , Auditor / Financial Manager , Accounting Services Office

Prime costs consist of direct labor+direct material Conversion cost consist of direct labour +overhead Answer is direct labor

Ezzidin Ibrahim
by Ezzidin Ibrahim , Financial Controller , Karim Food Industries

d) direct labor, prime costs include direct materials and direct labor, while the conversion costs include the direct labor and the overhead.

Taimoor Irtza
by Taimoor Irtza , Senior Accountant , Khawaja Electronics Pvt. Ltd

Prime cost=direct material+direct Labor

Conversion cost=Manufacturing overhead+direct Labor

Ans: Direct Labor is common in both.

muhammad kashif shahbaz
by muhammad kashif shahbaz , Assistant Manager Administration & HR , The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF)
Mohammed  Mohammed
by Mohammed Mohammed , Senior SAP Consultant , Abyat Mega Store

D)   Direct labor is the correct answer .    

 

 

Prime cost = direct material + direct labor .

conversion cost = manufacturing overhead + direct labor 

so answer D is the right answer 

Malik Khalid Mahmood
by Malik Khalid Mahmood , Regional Finance Manager , Leosons International FZ LLC

d. Direct Labor Cost ........................................ agreed with all

Md Harun Ur Rashid Harun
by Md Harun Ur Rashid Harun , Lecturer of Accounting in Economics and Banking Department , International Islamic University Chittagong(IIUC)

d) direct labor is the element of  both prime cost and conversion cost.So it is common element of total cost.

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