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Cost accounting: what counts as direct expenses (chargeable expenses)? Direct expenses are costs traceable to a specific job/order (e.g., special tool hire, royalties). From the given categories, identify which are direct expenses.

Difficulty: Easy

Factory expenses (indirect manufacturing overhead)
Selling expenses
Administrative expenses
None of these

Correct Answer: None of these

Explanation:

DefinitionsDirect (chargeable) expenses are directly attributable to a job (e.g., special tools hire, drawings, patents/royalties for that job). Factory, selling, and administrative expenses are generally indirect.

ConclusionGiven choices do not list direct (chargeable) expenses; hence “none of these”.

Final AnswerNone of these.

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