Hinj Ltd manufactures and sells four products: arms, brackets, clips and D-rings. This year, for the first
Question:
Hinj Ltd manufactures and sells four products: arms, brackets, clips and D-rings. This year, for the first time, it is operating an activity-based costing system in parallel with its long-standing absorption costing system (which absorbs overheads on a machine hour basis).The planned production activity cost pools and cost driver activity levels for all the output for the year are as follows:
An analysis of actual annual production output for two of the products is as follows:
Tasks:1. Calculate the production cost per unit for arms and brackets using the machine hour overhead absorption rate.2. Calculate the production cost per unit for arms and brackets using the activity-based costing system.3. Comment on your findings.
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Managerial Accounting Decision Making and Performance Management
ISBN: 978-0273764489
4th edition
Authors: Ray Proctor