COST ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781260951516
Author: LANEN/ANDERSON
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 9, Problem 58P
Activity-Based Costing and Predetermined
College Supply Company (CSC) makes three types of drinking glasses: short, medium, and tall. It presently applies overhead using a predetermined rate based on direct labor-hours. A group of company employees recommended that CSC switch to activity-based costing and identified the following activities, cost drivers, estimated costs, and estimated cost driver units for year 5 for each activity center.
In addition, management estimated 2,000 direct labor-hours for year 5.
Assume that the following cost driver volumes occurred in February, year 5:
Direct labor costs were $30 per hour.
Required
- a. Compute a predetermined overhead rate for year 5 for each cost driver recommended by the employees. Also compute a predetermined rate using direct labor-hours as the allocation base.
- b. Compute the production costs for each product for February using direct labor-hours as the allocation base and the predetermined rate computed in requirement (a).
- c. Compute the production costs for each product for February using the cost drivers recommended by the employees and the predetermined rates computed in requirement (a). (Note: Do not assume that total overhead applied to products in February will be the same for activity-based costing as it was for the labor-hour-based allocation.)
- d. Management has seen your numbers and wants an explanation for the discrepancy between the product costs using direct labor-hours as the allocation base and the product costs using activity-based costing. Write a brief response to management.
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