453A – Subaru – Customer Labor - Prepaid/Courtesy Maintenance

Service Department

Sales Synopsis

Account 453A

653A  – Subaru – Customer Labor- Prepaid/Courtesy Maintenance

Service Department

Cost of Sales Synopsis

Account 653A

Remarks:

The balances in these accounts represent productive mechanical labor on completed Prepaid/Courtesy Maintenance Service customer repair orders in the Subaru Service Department.

Express lane Prepaid/Courtesy Maintenance should be booked in Accounts 473/673.

Costing procedures should be reviewed periodically to determine that costs are accurate and match payroll records or there will be an unreconciled balance in work in process. 

When technicians are employed on a salary, hourly, or guaranteed basis, the amount paid in excess of their actual productive earnings should be charged to Adjustment Cost of Labor Sales (Account 657A).

When an employee's time is divided, (such as a working shop foreman who spends part of his time in a supervisory capacity and the remainder in performing productive labor; or a porter who spends part of his time in a productive capacity such as washing cars or new car clean-up, and the remainder performing utility jobs) the salaries and/ or wages paid should be appropriately divided between the cost of sales account and the applicable expense account.

Customer repair orders should state specifically the operations to be performed and should be signed by the customer.  Each customer repair order should indicate the type of vehicle serviced (passenger car, commercial vehicle, etc.).

All work performed by the Service Department should be authorized and recorded on repair orders.

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