Question: Need help verifying answers and help answering question D answer choices are in bold. Handbrain Inc. is considering a change to activity-based product costing. The

Need help verifying answers and help answering question D answer choices are in bold.

Handbrain Inc. is considering a change to activity-based product costing. The company produces two products, cell phones and tablet PCs, in a single production department. The production department is estimated to require 2,000 direct labor hours. The total indirect labor is budgeted to be $200,000.

Time records from indirect labor employees revealed that they spent 30% of their time setting up production runs and 70% of their time supporting actual production.

The following information about cell phones and tablet PCs was determined from the corporate records:

Number of Setups Direct Labor Hours Units
Cell phones 1,200 1,000 80,000
Tablet PCs 2,800 1,000 80,000
Total 4,000 2,000 160,000

If required, round all per unit answers to the nearest cent.

a. Determine the indirect labor cost per unit allocated to cell phones and tablet PCs under a single plantwide factory overhead rate system using the direct labor hours as the allocation base.

Cell phones $ 1.25 per unit
Tablet PCs $ 1.25 per unit

b. Determine the budgeted activity costs and activity rates for the indirect labor under activity-based costing. Assume two activitiesone for setup and the other for production support.

Budgeted Activity Cost Activity Rate
Setup $60,000 $15 per setup
Production support $140,00 $70 per direct labor hour

c. Determine the activity cost per unit for indirect labor allocated to each product under activity-based costing.

Cell phones $1.1 per unit
Tablet PCs $1.4 per unit

d. Why are the per-unit allocated costs in (a) different from the per-unit activity cost assigned to the products in (c)? Bold are answer choices.

The per-unit indirect labor costs in (a) are distorted because Set up activity/ production is consumed by the products in a different ratio from the direct labor. The single rate system/ activity based costing method properly allocates the setup-related activity so that the cell phones/ tablet pc's receive a larger portion of the setup activity cost. The single rate system/ activity based allocates overhead only on the basis of direct labor hours. Since the direct labor hours are/are not equal for each product, the allocated indirect labor will also not be/ be equal.

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