FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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In order to compare WoolCorp’s current method with activity-based costing, you interview the production staff and compile the following information, which relates to the costs for raw wool and wool yarn.
Type of Cost
|
Activity Base
|
Total Cost
|
Sorting | Hours of sorting | $25,600 |
Cleaning | Units of cleaning machine power | 38,400 |
Combing | Hours of combing machine use | 1,200 |
|
Raw Wool
|
Wool Yarn
|
Hours of sorting required | 1,000 | 4,000 |
Units of cleaning machine power required | 1,800 | 4,200 |
Hours of combing machine use required | 70 | 30 |
In the following table, compute and enter the activity rate for each of the three activities. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.
Activity
|
Activity Rate
|
|
Sorting |
|
per sorting hour |
Cleaning |
|
per unit of cleaning machine power |
Combing |
|
per hour of combing machine use |
In the following table, allocate the costs of sorting, cleaning, and combing based on the rates of activity consumed by each product’s process. When required, round your answers to the nearest dollar.
Raw Wool | Wool Yarn | |
Sorting cost | $
|
$
|
Cleaning cost |
|
|
Combing cost |
|
|
Total cost | $
|
$
|
X
Final Question
Answer the following question.
After reviewing your work on the Single Plantwide Rate and Activity-Based Costing panels, which of the costing method would you recommend to WoolCorp, and why?
Since both the methods give the same costs for each product, there is no advantage to either method.
The company should use whichever method is the cheapest to implement.
Activity-based costing, because it recognizes differences in how each product uses factory overhead activities, yielding more accurate product costs.
Single plantwide factory overhead rate method, because it is a tried-and-true method used for the entire life of the company.
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