Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.25E
Activity-based costing, service company. Speediprint Corporation owns a small printing press that prints leaflets, brochures, and advertising materials Speediprint classifies its various printing jobs as standard jobs or special jobs. Speediprint’s simple
Speediprint is concerned about the accuracy of the costs assigned to standard and special jobs and therefore is planning to implement an activity-based costing system. Speediprint’s ABC system would have the same direct-cost categories as its simple costing system. However, instead of a single indirect-cost pool there would now be six categories for assigning indirect costs: design, purchasing, setup, printing machine operations, marketing, and administration. To see how activity-based costing would affect the costs of standard and special jobs. Speediprint collects the following information for the fiscal year 2017 that just ended.
- 1. Calculate the cost of a standard job and a special job under the simple costing system.
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- 2. Calculate the cost of a standard job and a special job under the activity-based costing system.
- 3. Compare the costs of a standard job and a special job in requirements 1 and 2. Why do the simple and activity-based costing systems differ in the cost of a standard job and a special job?
- 4. How might Speediprint use the new cost information from its activity-based costing system to better manage its business?
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Miljohn freelancing provides different services to its clients. The company uses an activity based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data from its activity based costing system.
Activity Cost Pool
Total Cost
Total Activity
Consulting
368,364
36, 250 hours
Bookkeeping
142,500
8,100 jobs
Client support
37,620
680 clients
Other
220,000
Not applicable
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Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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