Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134128528
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.21AE
Apply activity cost allocation rates (Learning Objective 2)
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Holiday Industries manufactures a variety of custom products. The company has traditionally used a plantwide manufacturing
Up to this point, hazardous waste disposal fees have been absorbed into the plantwide manufacturing overhead rate and allocated to all products as part of the manufacturing overhead process. Recently, the company has been experiencing significantly increased waste-disposal fees for hazardous waste generated by certain products, and as a result, profit margins on all products have been negatively impacted. Company management wants to implement an activity-based costing system so that managers know the cost of each product, including its hazardous waste disposal costs.
Expected usage and
During the year, Job 356 is started and completed. Usage for this job follows:
| 290 pounds of direct materials at $35 per pound |
| 20 direct labor hours used at $20 per labor hour |
| 60 machine hours used |
| 9 change orders |
| 60 pounds of hazardous waste generated |
Requirements
- 1. Calculate the cost of Job 356 using the traditional plantwide manufacturing overhead rate based on machine hours.
- 2. Calculate the cost of Job 356 using activity-based costing.
- 3. If you were a manager, which cost estimate would provide you more useful information? How might you use this information?
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Activity
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Number of purchase orders
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purchase orders
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Number of production runs
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Machine depreciation and maintenance
Machine-hours
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Ensuring regulatory compliance
Number of inspections
475,200
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Chapter 4 Solutions
Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 1) Cost distortion is more...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 2) The first step in computing...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 2) Activities incurred...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 3) Which of the following is...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 3) The potential benefits of...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 4) Lean operations are...Ch. 4 - Prob. 7QCCh. 4 - (Learning Objective 4) Concerning lean operations,...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 5) Which of the following is...Ch. 4 - (Learning Objective 5) Which of the following...
Ch. 4 - Understanding key terms (Learning Objectives 1, 2,...Ch. 4 - Use departmental overhead rates to allocate...Ch. 4 - Compute departmental overhead rates (Learning...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.4SECh. 4 - Prob. 4.5SECh. 4 - Calculate a job cost using ABC (Learning Objective...Ch. 4 - Classifying costs within the cost hierarchy...Ch. 4 - Classifying costs within the cost hierarchy...Ch. 4 - Determine the usefulness of refined costing...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.10SECh. 4 - Identifying costs as value-added or...Ch. 4 - Identify lean production characteristics (Learning...Ch. 4 - Identify the DOWNTIME activities at a manufacturer...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.14SECh. 4 - Classifying costs of quality (Learning Objective...Ch. 4 - Quality initiative decision (Learning Objective 5)...Ch. 4 - Assess the impact of a quality initiative...Ch. 4 - Identify ethical standards violated (Learning...Ch. 4 - Compare traditional and departmental cost...Ch. 4 - Compute activity rates and apply to jobs (Learning...Ch. 4 - Apply activity cost allocation rates (Learning...Ch. 4 - Using ABC to bill clients at a service firm...Ch. 4 - Compare traditional and ABC allocations at a...Ch. 4 - Compare traditional and ABC allocations on a job...Ch. 4 - Use ABC to allocate manufacturing overhead...Ch. 4 - Continuation of E4-25A: Determine product...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.27AECh. 4 - Classify costs and make a quality-initiative...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.29AECh. 4 - Compare traditional and departmental cost...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.31BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.32BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.33BECh. 4 - Compare traditional and ABC cost allocations at a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.35BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.36BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.37BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.38BECh. 4 - Classify costs and make a quality-initiative...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.40BECh. 4 - Prob. 4.41APCh. 4 - Use ABC to compute full product costs (Learning...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.43APCh. 4 - Prob. 4.44APCh. 4 - Prob. 4.45APCh. 4 - Prob. 4.46BPCh. 4 - Prob. 4.47BPCh. 4 - Comprehensive ABC implementation (Learning...Ch. 4 - Using ABC in conjunction with quality decisions...Ch. 4 - Comprehensive ABC (Learning Objectives 2 3)...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.51SCCh. 4 - Discussion Questions 1. Explain why departmental...Ch. 4 - ABC in Real Companies Choose a company in any of...Ch. 4 - Value-Added versus Non-Value-Added at a Restaurant...Ch. 4 - Ethics involved with ABC and hazardous waste costs...
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