a) Determine the predetermined overhead rate under traditional costing. b) Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using costing based on labor hours. c) Determine the activity-based overhead rates for each cost pool. d)Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using activity-based costing. Assume that the average residential job has 20 square yards of plowing and 60 linear feet of snow throwing. (e) Discuss your findings from parts (b) and (d

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Manzeck Company operates a snow-removal service. The company owns five trucks, each of which has a snowplow in the front to plow driveways and a snowthrower in the back to clear sidewalks. Because plowing snow is very tough on trucks, the company incurs significant maintenance costs. Truck depreciation and maintenance represent a significant portion of the company’s overhead. The company removes snow at residential locations, in which case the drivers spend the bulk of their time walking behind the snow thrower machine to clear sidewalks. On commercial jobs, the drivers spend most of their time plowing. Manzeck allocates overhead based on labor hours. Total overhead costs for the year are $42,000. Total estimated labor hours are 1,500 hours. The average estimated residential property requires 0.5 hours of labor, while the average commercial property requires 2.5 hours of labor. The following additional information is available.


Activity Cost Pools          Cost Drivers                  Estimated Overhead

 Plowing                   Square yards of surface plowed     $38,000

Snow throwing        Linear feet of sidewalk cleared         $4,000


Expected use of Cost Drivers per Activity 

2000,000

50,000

a) Determine the predetermined overhead rate under traditional costing.

b) Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using costing based on labor hours.

c) Determine the activity-based overhead rates for each cost pool.

d)Determine the amount of overhead allocated to the average residential job using
activity-based costing. Assume that the average residential job has 20 square yards of plowing and 60 linear feet of snow throwing.

(e) Discuss your findings from parts (b) and (d

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