FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Cancico Communications has supplied the following data for use in its ABC system:

 

Overhead Costs
Wages and salaries $ 292,500  
Other overhead costs   162,000  
Total overhead costs $ 454,500  
 

 

Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Total Activity
Direct labour support Number of direct labour-hours 12,015 DLHs
Order processing Number of orders 450 orders
Customer support Number of customers 150 customers
Other These costs are not allocated to products or customers NA
 

 

  Distribution of Resource Consumption across Activity Cost Pools
  Direct Labour Support Order Processing Customer Support Other Total
Wages and salaries   15 %   40 %   35 %   10 %   100 %
Other overhead costs   10 %   25 %   25 %   40 %   100 %
 

 

During the year, Cancico Communications completed an order for special telephone equipment for a new customer, HurnTel. This customer did not order any other products during the year. Data concerning that order follow:

 

   
Selling price $ 214 per unit
Units ordered   175 units
Direct materials $ 193 per unit
Direct labour-hours   0.6 DLH per unit
Direct labour rate $ 23 per DLH
 

 

Required:

1. Prepare a report showing the first-stage allocations of overhead costs to the activity cost pools.

2. Compute the activity rates for the activity cost pools. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

3. Prepare a report showing the overhead costs for the order from HurnTel, including customer support costs. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

4. Prepare a report showing the customer margin for HurnTel. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

 

 
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