Bobs Baskets, Inc., manufactures and sells two types of baskets, deluxe and standard. Last year, Bobs Baskets
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Bobs Baskets, Inc., manufactures and sells two types of baskets, deluxe and standard. Last year, Bobs Baskets had the following costs and revenues:
Bobs Baskets currently uses labor costs to allocate all overhead but is considering implementing an activity-based costing system. After interviewing the sales and production staff, management decides to allocate administrative costs on the basis of direct labor costs but to use the following bases to allocate the remaining overhead:
Required a. Complete the income statement using the preceding activity bases. b. Write a report indicating how management might use activity-based costing to reduce costs. c. Restate the income statement for Bobs Baskets using direct labor costs as the only overhead allocation base. d. Write a report to management stating why product line profits differ using activity-based costing compared to the traditional approach. Indicate whether activity-based costing provides more accurate information and why (if you believe it does provide more accurate information). Indicate in your report how the use of labor-based overhead allocation could cause management at Bobs Baskets to make suboptimaldecisions.
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BOB'S BASKETS, INC Income Statement Deluxe Total Revenue Direct materials Direct labor Overhead costs $216,000 20,000 48,000 $240,000 20,000 72,000 $ 456,000 40,000 120,000 Administration Production setup . Quality control Distribution... 30.000 60,000 30,000 24,000 $152,000 Operating profit Activity Level Deluxe Standard 10 20 Number of units shipped 80,000 120,000 Cost Driver Activity 20 60 Setting up. Number of production runs Performing quality control Distribution Number of inspections
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