The following costs are included in a recent summary of data for a company: advertising expense, $85,000; depreciation expense - factory building, $133,000; direct labor, $250,000; direct material used, $300,000; factory utilities, $105,000; and sales salaries expense, $150,000. Determine the dollar amount of conversion costs.

Conversion costs = $488,000

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

depreciation expense - factory building, $133,000

direct labor, $250,000

factory utilities, $105,000

The conversion costs are the sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead.

Manufacturing overhead = 133,000 + 105,000 = 238,000

Direct labor = 250,000

Conversion costs = $488,000