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Direct Labor is a (an) :?

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Question added by Michael Lagunday , Accountant , Dubai Camel Racing Club
Date Posted: 2015/08/11
Asad Ahmed
by Asad Ahmed , Manager Finance & Company Secretary , Connect Communications Pvt. Ltd.

To calculate the Prime Cost & Conversion Cost we use the Direct Labor

Prime Cost = Direct Material Cost + Direct Labor Cost

Conversion Cost = Direct Labor Cost +Manufacturing Overheads

Hariharan Pathmanathan
by Hariharan Pathmanathan , Senior Financial Accountant/Analyst , Shanfari & Partners Co. LLC

answer option c) Both.

Md. Moshiur Rahman Sumon
by Md. Moshiur Rahman Sumon , Assistant General Manager( Corporate Finance & Head of Internal Audit) , Progressive Life Insurance Company Limited

Direct labor is also known by name prime cost and Conversion cost.

C.Both is correct answer.

Hossam Mohamed
by Hossam Mohamed , Senior Accountant , Allied Arab Assurance Brokerage

Direct labor is a Component  of both prime cost and conversion cost.

Syed Shah Hyder Hussain Razvi
by Syed Shah Hyder Hussain Razvi , Finance Manager , Winners International Trading Co. & Subsidiaries

The direct labor costs are both a prime cost and a conversion cost

هيثم ناجى
by هيثم ناجى , محاسب اول , الفيوم لصناعة السكر

when it was mixed with direct materials it represents prime cost

but when mixing with over head it represents convertion costs

answer is C both

a. Prime Cost .................................................................................................................

moiz tajpurwala
by moiz tajpurwala , sales executive , Etisalat

Direct labour is an Prime cost

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