Classify the following as fixed or variable costs: 1. Advertising expenditure
2. Fuel
3. Interest on company-issued bonds
4. Shipping charges
5. Payments for raw materials
6. Real estate taxes
7. Executive salaries
8. Insurance premiums
9. Wage payments
10. Depreciation and obsolescence charges
11. Sales taxes
12. Rental payments on leased office machinery
a. variable cost
b. fixed cost

Answer and Explanation:

The classification is as follows:

1. Advertising expenditure - Variable cost  

2. Fuel - Variable cost  

3. Interest on company-issued bonds - fixed cost

4. Shipping charges - variable cost  

5. Payments for raw materials -  variable cost  

6. Real estate taxes - fixed cost

7. Executive salaries - fixed cost

8. Insurance premiums - fixed cost

9. Wage payments -  variable cost  

10. Depreciation and obsolescence charges - fixed cost

11. Sales taxes -  variable cost  

12. Rental payments on leased office machinery - fixed cost

answer; synthetic production system;

administrative jobs normally have someone answering phone calls and scheduling appointments, filing patient or customer information, making sure the front of the office looks nice to those who enter the building. administrative jobs can also include making sure the manager has everything they need for meetings, making delivers and much more. administrative jobs are important to most businesses as are customer service focused as they are often one of the first impressions a consumer sees of a business.