New Tyre Limited produces two types of tyres: standard and deluxe. It uses an activity-based costing (ABC) system and has three activity cost pools – machining, set-up, and packaging. The company’s overhead costs have been allocated to these cost pools as follows:   Activity Cost Pools   Machining ($) Set-up ($) Packaging ($) Total ($) 126,000 36,000 78,000 240,000   Costs in the Machining cost pool are allocated to products based on machine-hours; costs in the Set-up cost pool are allocated to products based on the number of batches; costs in the Packaging cost pool are allocated to products based on the number of shipments made.   More information about the company’s products and costs are as follows:     Product Machine hours Batches Shipments Sales ($) Direct materials ($) Direct labour ($) Standard 6,000 500 200 700,000 300,000 90,000 Deluxe 4,000 1,500 400 400,000 150,000 90,000 Total 10,000 2,000 600 1,100,000 450,000 180,000     Required (show your calculations):   Determine the profit margins for each product using activity-based costing.

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New Tyre Limited produces two types of tyres: standard and deluxe. It uses an activity-based costing (ABC) system and has three activity cost pools – machining, set-up, and packaging. The company’s overhead costs have been allocated to these cost pools as follows:

 

Activity Cost Pools

 

Machining ($)

Set-up ($)

Packaging ($)

Total ($)

126,000

36,000

78,000

240,000

 

Costs in the Machining cost pool are allocated to products based on machine-hours; costs in the Set-up cost pool are allocated to products based on the number of batches; costs in the Packaging cost pool are allocated to products based on the number of shipments made.

 

More information about the company’s products and costs are as follows:

 

 

Product

Machine hours

Batches

Shipments

Sales ($)

Direct materials ($)

Direct labour ($)

Standard

6,000

500

200

700,000

300,000

90,000

Deluxe

4,000

1,500

400

400,000

150,000

90,000

Total

10,000

2,000

600

1,100,000

450,000

180,000

 

 

Required (show your calculations):

 

  1. Determine the profit margins for each product using activity-based costing.

 

 

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  1. In a company meeting, the CFO commented that the design and implementation of an activity-based costing system is a costly endeavour. Many companies, especially those having limited resources, may not afford to run both traditional costing systems and activity-based costing systems. Then, the Marketing Director said that for companies with limited resources, a good option would be to replace their traditional costing system with an activity-based costing system. Do you agree or disagree with the Marketing Director? Explain your answers. [Maximum word limit: 250 words)
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