Question: The pasta maker segment reported a traditional income statement last year as follows: Pasta Maker Segment Income Statement Year Ended December 31, 2020 Sales $1,000,000

The pasta maker segment reported a traditional income statement last year as follows:

Pasta Maker Segment

Income Statement

Year Ended December 31, 2020

Sales

$1,000,000

Cost of goods sold

Direct materials

$200,000

Direct labor

50,000

Manufacturing overhead

320,000

570,000

Gross margin

430,000

Selling and administrative expenses

Variable Selling expenses

40,000

Fixed Selling expenses

180,000

Total administrative expenses

120,000

340,000

Net operating income

$90,000

My colleagues and KPMG have identified five activity cost pools and decided the distribution of overhead costs (manufacturing and nonmanufacturing) across the five pools below:

Activity Cost Pools

Machining

Purchase

orders

Design

alterations

Customer

relations

Segment

sustaining

Total

Manufacturing overhead

30%

10%

40%

0%

20%

100%

Fixed selling expenses

0%

25%

30%

35%

10%

100%

Total administrative expenses

25%

0%

0%

30%

45%

100%

Information on the costs associated with the three activity cost pools can found in the traditional income statement reported on the previous page.

Model-specific data:

Standard

Advanced

Total

Sales

$600,000

$400,000

$1,000,000

Direct costs

Direct materials

125,000

75,000

200,000

Direct labor

30,000

20,000

50,000

Variable selling expenses

25,000

15,000

40,000

Units sold

5,000

2,000

Unit selling price

$120

$200

Machine hours per unit

0.4 MH

0.6 MH

Data from the activity-based costing system:

Expected activity

Activity cost pool

Activity measure

Standard

Advanced

Total

Machining

number of machine hours

2,000

1,200

3,200

Purchase orders

number of purchase orders

200

300

500

Design alterations

Number of design alterations

0

400

400

Customer relations

Number of customers

20

80

100

Segment sustaining

Not applicable

Next year, because of an expected increase in product demand, machine hours are expected to increase from 3,200 to 4,000. The company will not need any new machinery since the current machinery is highly underutilized. Assume that the new level of operations is within the segments relevant range. Will the activity rate for the cost pool of machining change next year? If so, how much? If not, could you explain why? Also, we expect that we will have a 10% increase in the number of customers, will the activity rate for the cost pool of customer relations change? If so, how much? If not, could you explain why?

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