Question: The controller of Silky Chocolate Inc., a producer of custom-order chocolate products, is considering the adoption of the Activity-Based Costing system. The following budget for

The controller of Silky Chocolate Inc., a producer of custom-order chocolate products, is considering the adoption of the Activity-Based Costing system. The following budget for manufacturing overhead was created for 2022 after carefully reviewing the data from past years.

Currently, Silky Chocolate uses the traditional costing system and using machine hours to allocate manufacturing overhead.

Requirement 1: Determine the cost for Job 2103 by first using the traditional costing system and then the new ABC system. Fill out the job cost sheet.

Traditional Costing System

Predetermined Overhead Rate

Total budgeted overhead

$_________

Total budgeted cost driver

_________

Predetermined overhead rate

$_________

Applied Overhead

Actual machine hours used

200 machine hours

Predetermined overhead rate (from above)

$_________

Applied overhead

$_________

Job Cost Sheet for Job 2103

Direct Materials @$9.5 per pound

70 pounds used

$_________

Direct Labor @$18 per hour

30 hours used

$_________

Applied overhead (from above)

$_________

Total Job Cost

$_________

Activity

Budgeted overhead cost

Cost drivers

Budgeted activity

Activity Cost Pool Rate

Machine cost

$30,000

# of machine hours

10,000 machine hours

$____

Processing orders

$28,350

# of orders

6,750 orders

$____

Assembly

$126,400

# of units

40,000 units

$____

Setups

$17,500

# of setups

2,500 setups

$____

Engineering changes

$80,000

# of change orders

8,000 change orders

$____

Inspection

$42,000

# of inspections

3,500 inspections

$____

ABC Costing System

Job 2103

Activity

Activity level

Activity cost pool rate

Applied overhead

Machine cost

200

$____

$______

Processing orders

4

$____

$______

Assembly

1,200

$____

$______

Setups

2

$____

$______

Engineering changes

3

$____

$______

Inspection

5

$____

$______

Job Cost Sheet for Job 2103

Direct Materials @$9.5 per pound

70 pounds used

$_________

Direct Labor @$18 per hour

30 hours used

$_________

Applied overhead (from above)

$_________

Total Job Cost

$_________

Requirement 2: If the ABC system produces a more accurate picture of the real cost of each job, would Job 2103 be undercosted or overcosted under the current system that uses machine hours to allocate overhead? By what amount?

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