Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis 7th Edition by Edward Blocher,David Stout ,Paul Juras,Gary Cokins

Exercise 2

Classification of Costs The following is a list of costs from the accounting records of Sunshine Pool Management, Inc. Each of Sunshine's 77 customers is a swim club. Sunshine maintains each customer's pool by providing lifeguards, supplies, cleaning, and repairs.
1. Lifesaving supplies
2. Salaries of Sunshine's managers
3. Pool chemicals
4. Sunshine's office rental expense
5. Wages of lifeguards
6. Workers' compensation insurance
7. Training for lifeguards
8. pH testing supplies
9. Office expense, including bookkeeping and clerical
10. Depreciation on cleaning and testing equipment
Required Classify each item as direct or indirect assuming that the cost objects are each of the 77 swim clubs.