Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
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Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.7BE
Torres Company accumulates the following summary data for the year ending December 31, 2017, for its Water Division, which it operates as a profit center sales— $2,000,000 budget, $2,080,000 actual; variable costs—$1,000,000 budget, $1,050,000 actual; and controllable fixed costs—$300,000 budget. $305,000 actual. Prepare a responsibility report for the Water Division.
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Torres Company accumulates the following summary data for the year ending December 31, 2017, for its Water Division, which it operates as a profit center: sales— $2,000,000 budget, $2,080,000 actual; variable costs—$1,000,000 budget, $1,050,000 actual; and controllable fixed costs—$300,000 budget, $305,000 actual. Prepare a responsibility report for the Water Division.
Cost Department Allocations
In divisional income statements prepared for Demopolis Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase
requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $29,792, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $15,370 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records:
Residential Commercial
Government Contract
Sales
$ 321,000
$ 426,000
$ 978,000
Number of employees:
Weekly payroll (52 weeks per year)
120
70
75
Monthly payroll
28
39
26
Number of purchase requisitions per year
2,200
1,600
1,500
Required:
a. Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.
Residential
Commercial
Government Contract
Total
Number of payroll checks:…
Cost Department Allocations
In divisional income statements prepared for Demopolis Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $41,808, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $17,690 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records:
Residential
Commercial
Government Contract
Sales
$ 370,000
$ 490,000
$ 1,125,000
Number of employees:
Weekly payroll (52 weeks per year)
220
75
80
Monthly payroll
36
47
34
Number of purchase requisitions per year
2,600
1,800
1,700
Required:
a. Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.
Residential
Commercial…
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