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Cost of Services Sold Jean and Tom Perritz own and manage Happy Home Helpers, In

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Question

Cost of Services Sold

Jean and Tom Perritz own and manage Happy Home Helpers, Inc. (HHH), a house-cleaning service. Each cleaning (cleaning one house one time) takes a team of three house cleaners about 1.5 hours. On average, HHH completes about 15,000 cleanings per year. The following total costs are associated with the total cleanings:

Next year, HHH expects to purchase $25,600 of direct materials. Projected beginning and ending inventories for direct materials are as follows:

There is no work-in-process inventory and no finished goods inventory; in other words, a cleaning is started and completed on the same day.

Required:

1. Prepare a statement of cost of services sold in good form. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

2. How does this cost of services sold statement differ from the cost of goods sold statement for a manufacturing firm?

Direct materials ? Direct labor $472,500 Variable overhead 15,000 Fixed overhead 18,000

Explanation / Answer

Statement of cost of services sold:

Direct Material Beginning            4000
Add: Purchases                        25600
Less: Closing Inventory               2600
Direct Material Used                  27000
Direct Labour                           472500
Variable overhead                      15000
Fixed overhead                          18000
Cost of Services Sold                $532500