Happy Valley Land and Snow Company provides the following ABC costing information: Activities Total Costs Activity-cost drivers
Question:
Happy Valley Land and Snow Company provides the following ABC costing information:
Activities Total Costs Activity-cost drivers
Labor hours $420,000 8,000 hours
Gas $136,000 6,000 gallons
Invoices $140,000 2,500 invoices
Total costs $696,000
The above activities used by their three departments are:
Lawn Department Bush Department Plowing Department
Labor hours 2,500 hours 1,200 hours 4,300 hours
Gas 1,500 gallons 800 gallons 3,700 gallons
Invoices 1,600 invoices 400 invoices 500 invoices
a) How much of the total costs will be assigned to the Lawn Department? $ _________
b) How much of the total costs will be assigned to the Bush Department? $ _________
c) How much of the total cost will be assigned to the Plowing Department? $ _________
d) What would have been the costs for each department if these total costs had been allocated equally? $__________
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1285866307
13th edition
Authors: Carl S. Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac