Billy Bob Company manufactures fine furniture and grandfather clocks. Billy Bob has an excellent reputation, and each grandfather clock sells for several thousand dollars. Which of the following is an indirect cost, assuming the cost object is the Clock Department? a) Salary of the clock production supervisor
b) Depreciation on the company's factory building
c) Depreciation on clock-making equipment.
d) All of the answers are correct

Billy Bob Company

Indirect Costs are:

d) All of the answers are correct

Explanation:

The indirect costs cannot be directly identified with a single grandfather clock.  They are not direct costs but are allocated to the Clock Department. For example, Billy Bob Company incurs these indirect costs for producing grandfather clocks: the Clock Department's supervisor's salary expenses, Depreciation on factory building and clock-making equipment, and other indirect materials and labor.

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