Financial & Managerial Accounting
Financial & Managerial Accounting
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781259692406
Author: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark S Bettner, Joseph V Carcello
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 7BP

a.

To determine

Calculate the amount of Maintenance Department costs that would be allocated to each product line (on a per-unit basis) using machine-hours as a single activity base.

a.

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Calculate the amount of Maintenance Department costs that would be allocated to each product line (on a per-unit basis) using machine-hours as a single activity base.

Product line

Machine hours per unit

(A)

Per machine  hours in $

(B)

Amount  in  $

(A×B)

Boots0.10(3)5(2)0.50
Poles0.05(3)5(2)0.25
Helmets1.75(3)5(2)8.75

 (Table 1)

Working Notes:

Calculate total machine hours:

Total machine hours at normal  production levels} =[(Machine hours of base )+(Machine hours of poles)+(Machine hours ofhelmets)]=(5,000Machine hours) +(10,000Machine hours)+(35,000Machine hours)=50,000 Machine hours  (1)

Calculate the overhead application rate per machine hours:

Overhead application rate per machine hours}=Total costTotal machine  hours at normal productive levels=$250,00050,000(1)=$5 per machine hour (2)

Calculate the machine hours on per-unit basis:

Product line

Machine hours

(A)

Units of  production

 (B)

Machine hours per  -unit

(AB)

Boots5,00050,0000.10
Poles10,000200,0000.05
Helmets35,00020,0001.75

(Table 2)

(3)

b.

To determine

Calculate the amount of Maintenance Department costs that would be allocated to each product line (on a per-unit basis) using the proposed ABC method.

b.

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Activity-based costing:

It is a method that helps in finding the activities performed by a company and it tracks the indirect costs to the activities of the company that consumes resources.

Calculate the amount of Maintenance Department costs that would be allocated to each product line (on a per-unit basis) using the proposed ABC method.

ParticularsProduct lines
Total costs allocatedBoots in $ Poles in $Helmets in $Total in $
 Setup activities (9)31,25018,75012,50062,500
 Add: custodial activities (11)56,25093,75037,500187,500
Total costs allocated (A)87,500112,50050,000250,000
Units produced (B)50,000200,00020,000
Maintenance cost per unit (A÷B)1.750.56252.50

(Table 3)

Working notes:

Calculate the percent of work orders used for setup activities:

Percent of work orders of setup activity} = Work orders of setup activities Total work orders×100=6002,400×100=25% (4)

Calculate the percent of machine hours used for custodial activities:

Percent of work orders of custodial activity} = Work orders of custodial activities Total work orders×100=1,8002,400×100=75% (5)

Calculate percent of work orders used in each activity pools:

ParticularsWork ordersPercent to total
Setup activities60025% (4)
Custodial activities1,80075% (5)
Total  work orders issued2,400100%

(Table 4)

(6)

Product lines

Total amount in $

(A)

Percentage of  Allocation

(B)

Cost Allocated

(A×B)

Setup activities100,00025% (6)52,500
Custodial activities100,00075% (6)187,500
Total250,000

(Table 5)

(7)

Calculate the percent of setup cost pool to the allocated to each product line using the number of production runs as an activity base.

ParticularsNumber of production  runsPercent of total
Production runs for boots50050%
Production runs for poles30030%
Production runs for helmets20020%
Total production runs1,000100%

(Table 6)

(8)

Allocate the setup cost pool to each of the product line based on the percentage.

ParticularsAmount in $
Costs allocated to base ($62,500 ×50%)31,250
Costs allocated to poles ($62,500 ×30%)18,750
Costs allocated to helmets ($62,500 ×20%)12,500
Total order costs allocated to products62,500

(Table 7)

(9)

Calculate the percent of custodial pool to the allocated to each product line using the number of production runs as an activity base.

ParticularsPercent of total
Production runs for boots9,00030%
Production runs for poles15,00050%
Production runs for helmets6,00020%
Total square feet occupied30,000100%

(Table 8)

(10)

Allocate the custodial cost pool to each of the product line based on the percentage.

ParticularsAmount in $
Costs allocated to base ($187,500 ×30%)56,250
Costs allocated to poles ($187,500 ×50%)93,750
Costs allocated to helmets ($187,500 ×20%) \37,500
Total order costs allocated to products187,500

(Table 9)

(11)

c.

To determine

Explain whether cost allocations distorted using machine-hours as a single activity base

c.

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  • Using machine hours as a single activity base will result in cost distortions for Company D. The largest distortion, related to product line helmet. Machine hours taken by company while producing helmet is comparatively more than boots, poles. When activity based costing is used by the company only 20% of the maintenance cost is been used to produce helmets.
  • While using activity based costing for production it reduces the maintenance cost of  helmets and  it reallocates the cost with the  production of  boots and  poles
  • The following table provides the reallocation of maintenance cost for each product line under activity based costing:
ParticularsBootsPolesHelmets
Maintenance cost per unit (Using machine  hours)0.500.258.75
Maintenance cost per unit (Using activity based  costing )1.750562.50
Percentage increase (decrease) using Activity based costing250%124%(71%)

(Table 10)

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Chapter 17 Solutions

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