Thursday, 8 August 2013

Acton Company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 830 units and of Product B is 530 units. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.6 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.5 direct labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $92,203. The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows: Estimated Overhead Expected Activity Activity Cost Pool Costs Product A Product B Total Activity 1............. $14,502 530 630 1,160 Activity 2............. $64,950 2,530 530 3,060 General Factory... $12,751 498 265 763 Total................... $92,203 (Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours.) The overhead cost per unit of Product B under the traditional costing system is closest to: (Round your final answer to two decimal places.) $60.42 $13.78 $10.61 $8.92

Acton Company has two products: A and B. The annual production and sales of Product A is 830 units and of Product B is 530 units. The company has traditionally used direct labor-hours as the basis for applying all manufacturing overhead to products. Product A requires 0.6 direct labor-hours per unit and Product B requires 0.5 direct labor-hours per unit. The total estimated overhead for next period is $92,203. The company is considering switching to an activity-based costing system for the purpose of computing unit product costs for external reports. The new activity-based costing system would have three overhead activity cost pools--Activity 1, Activity 2, and General Factory--with estimated overhead costs and expected activity as follows:


  Estimated Overhead
Expected Activity
  Activity Cost Pool
Costs
Product A
Product B
Total
  Activity 1.............
$14,502     
530     
630      
1,160     
  Activity 2.............
$64,950     
2,530     
530      
3,060     
  General Factory...
$12,751     
498     
265      
763     
  Total...................
$92,203     




(Note: The General Factory activity cost pool's costs are allocated on the basis of direct labor-hours.)
The overhead cost per unit of Product B under the traditional costing system is closest to: (Round your final answer to two decimal places.)

$60.42
$13.78
$10.61
$8.92
Answer
$60.42

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