In addition, the company incurs selling and administrative expenses of $250,150. The company wishes to assign these
Question:
In addition, the company incurs selling and administrative expenses of $250,150. The company wishes to assign these costs to its three major retail customers, The Warehouse, Kosmo Co., and Supply Universe. These expenses are related to its three major nonmanufacturing activities: customer service, sales order processing, and advertising support. The advertising support is in the form of advertisements that are placed by Shrute Inc. to support the retailer's sale of Shrute copiers to consumers. The budgeted activity costs and activity bases associated with these activities are:
1. Determine the activity rates for each of the three nonmanufacturing activities. Round to the nearest whole dollar.
3. Construct customer profitability reports for the three customers, dated for the year ended December 31, 2016, using the activity costs in (2). The reports should disclose the gross profit and income from operations associated with each customer. Enter all amounts as positive numbers, except for a negative income from operations.
Cornerstones of Cost Management
ISBN: 978-1285751788
3rd edition
Authors: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen