Question: Sultan Company uses an activity-based costing system. At the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates of cost and activity for its
Sultan Company uses an activity-based costing system.
At the beginning of the year, the company made the following estimates of cost and activity for its five activity cost pools:
| Activity Cost Pool | Activity Measure | Expected Overhead Cost | Expected Activity | ||||
| Labor-related | Direct labor-hours | $ | 156,000 | 26,000 | DLHs | ||
| Purchase orders | Number of orders | $ | 11,000 | 220 | orders | ||
| Parts management | Number of part types | $ | 80,000 | 100 | part types | ||
| Board etching | Number of boards | $ | 90,000 | 2,000 | boards | ||
| General factory | Machine-hours | $ | 180,000 | 20,000 | MHs | ||
Required:
1. Compute the activity rate for each of the activity cost pools.
2. The expected activity for the year was distributed among the companys four products as follows:
| Expected Activity | ||||||||||||
| Activity Cost Pool | Product A | Product B | Product C | Product D | ||||||||
| Labor-related (DLHs) | 6,000 | 11,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||
| Purchase orders (orders) | 60 | 30 | 40 | 90 | ||||||||
| Parts management (part types) | 30 | 15 | 40 | 15 | ||||||||
| Board etching (boards) | 500 | 900 | 600 | 0 | ||||||||
| General factory (MHs) | 3,000 | 8,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 | ||||||||
Using the ABC data, determine the total amount of overhead cost assigned to each product.
- Required 1
- Required 2
Compute the activity rate for each of the activity cost pools.
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Using the ABC data, determine the total amount of overhead cost assigned to each product.
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