Asked by Olivia DiPaolo on May 12, 2024
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Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools:
In the second stage, Machining costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Order Filling costs are assigned to products using the number of orders. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products.Activity:
Finally, sales and direct cost data are combined with Machining and Order Filling costs to determine product margins.Sales and Direct Cost Data:
What is the overhead cost assigned to Product W1 under activity-based costing?
A) $15,360
B) $48,000
C) $27,204
D) $11,844
Overhead Cost
Expenses related to the operation of a business that are not directly tied to a specific product or service, such as utilities and rent.
Activity-Based Costing
A method of costing that identifies the relationship between costs, activities, and products, and through this relationship assigns indirect costs to products less arbitrarily than traditional methods.
Machine-Hours
A measure of the amount of time a machine is operated, used in manufacturing to allocate costs or determine efficiency.
- Identify the allocation of overhead costs to products according to Activity-Based Costing.
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Machining:
Equipment depreciation = $80,000 x (2,000/10,000) = $16,000
Supervisory expense = $40,000 x (2,000/10,000) = $8,000
Total cost for Machining = $24,000
Order Filling:
Equipment depreciation = $80,000 x (3,000/10,000) = $24,000
Supervisory expense = $40,000 x (3,000/10,000) = $12,000
Total cost for Order Filling = $36,000
Other:
Equipment depreciation = $80,000 x (5,000/10,000) = $40,000
Supervisory expense = $40,000 x (5,000/10,000) = $20,000
Total cost for Other = $60,000
Now, we need to assign the costs in the Machining and Order Filling activity cost pools to the products based on the activity drivers.
Product W1:
Machining cost = 2,000 MHs x $5 = $10,000
Order Filling cost = 100 orders x $180 = $18,000
Total cost for Product W1 = $28,000
Finally, we can calculate the product margin for Product W1:
Product W1:
Sales price = $50,000
Direct costs = $15,000
Activity-based costs = $28,000
Product margin = $7,000
Therefore, the overhead cost assigned to Product W1 under activity-based costing is $28,000 - $15,000 - $50,000 = $13,000. However, this is not one of the answer choices. We need to add back the direct costs to get the total activity-based cost assigned to Product W1, which gives us $28,000 - $50,000 = -$22,000. This means that Product W1 is not profitable under activity-based costing. However, since this is not one of the answer choices, we need to choose the closest option, which is C) $27,204.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the allocation of overhead costs to products according to Activity-Based Costing.
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