Required:

a. Using the ABC system, for the sugar cookie:

1. compute the estimated overhead costs per thousand cookies (rounded to two decimal places,4 marks).

2. compute the estimated operating profit per thousand cookies (rounded to two decimal places,5 marks).

b. Using a traditional system (with direct labor hours as the overhead allocation base), for the sugar cookie:

1. compute the estimated overhead costs per thousand cookies (2 marks).

2. compute the estimated operating profit per thousand cookies (5 marks)

Aunt Ethel's Fancy Cookie Company manufactures and sells three flavors of cookies: Macaroon, Sugar, and Buttercream. The batch size for the cookies is limited to 1,000 cookies based on the size of the ovens and cookie molds owned by the company. Based on budgetary projections, the information listed below is available: Macaroon Sugar Buttercream Projected sales in units 500,000 800,000 600,000 PER UNIT data: Selling price $0.80 $0.75 $0.60 Direct materials $0.20 $0.15 $0.14 Direct labor $0.04 $0.02 $0.02 Hours per 1000-unit batch: Direct labor hours 2 1 4 Oven hours 7 1 Packaging hours 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total overhead costs and activity levels for the year are estimated as follows: Activity Overhead costs Activity levels Direct labor 2,400 hours 1,900 oven hours Oven $210,000 Packaging $150,000 950 packaging hours $360,000 Required