Question

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:Direct materials ?Direct labor $472,500Variable overhead 15,000Fixed overhead 18,000Next year, HHH expects to purchase $25,600 of direct materials. Projected beginning and ending inventories for direct materials are as follows:Direct Materials InventoryBeginning $4,000Ending 2,600There 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".Happy Home Helpers, Inc.Statement of Cost of Services SoldFor the Coming Year

Answer 1

Answer:

$532,500

Explanation:

The question is to compute the Statement of Cost of Services Sold for Happy Home Helpers Inc.

To compute this statement, the approach is to sum all direct costs associated with the service provided by the firm.

Particulars                                                     Amount            Amount

Opening Inventory Of Materials                  $4,000

Add: The Purchase of Direct Materials       $25,600

Direct Material available                               $29,600

Subtract: Closing Inventory of materials       ($2600)

The Direct Material Used for the year                                $27,000

Add:

Direct Labour Cost                                          $472,500

Variable Overhead Cost                                    $15,000

Fixed Overhead cost                                          $18,000

                                                                                               $505,500

The Cost of Services of HHH Inc                                          $532,500