Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.24AE
Compare traditional and ABC allocations on a job (Learning Objective 2)
Radley Products has adopted an ABC costing system. The following manufacturing activities, indirect
| Activity | Total estimated MOH costs related to activity | Total estimated amount of allocation base activity |
| Machine setup | $ 120,000 | 2,000 setups |
| Machining | $1,050,000 | 6,000 machine hours |
| Polishing | $ 80,000 | 10,000 polishing cloths |
| Quality control | $ 280,000 | 4,000 tests run |
| Facility-level costs | $ 120,000 | 50,000 DL hours |
| Total manufacturing |
$1,650,000 |
The
Other data collected on the resources used by Job #624 included:
- machine setup required
- machine hours
- polishing cloths
- quality control tests run
Requirements
- 1. Calculate the activity cost allocation rate for each of the five pools listed in the table.
- 2. Calculate the total cost of Job #624 (use an ABC costing system).
- 3. Why would ABC provide a more accurate allocation of manufacturing overhead (MOH) than a plantwide rate?
- 4. Assume that Radley Products used a traditional costing system rather than an ABC system. Its plantwide MOH rate would have been determined using direct labor (DL) hours as the allocation base. How much cost distortion would have occurred on this job?
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Chapter 4 Solutions
Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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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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