EBK ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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ISBN: 9780100793989
Author: Steinbart
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 21, Problem 1C
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To determine
Identify the improvisations needed if any to the job performed by PSC.
2.
To determine
Identify the means to avoid missing features problems.
3.
To determine
Identify the means to avoid conversion and reporting problems.
4.
To determine
Assess the economic feasibility of Person S and discuss if his numbers and conclusions are agreeable.
5.
To determine
Identify the use of the multi box shipping approach in defrauding.
6.
To determine
Assess and rate the service received from DSM by PSC.
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Gallatin Carpet Cleaning is a small, family-owned business operating out of Bozeman, Montana. For its services, the company has always charged a flat fee per hundred square feet of carpet cleaned. The current fee is $23.45 per hundred square feet. However, there is some question about whether the company is actually making any money on jobs for some customers—particularly those located on remote ranches that require considerable travel time. The owner’s daughter, home for the summer from college, has suggested investigating this question using activity-based costing. After some discussion, she designed a simple system consisting of four activity cost pools. The activity cost pools and their activity measures appear below:
Activity Cost Pool
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Activity for the Year
Cleaning carpets
Square feet cleaned (00s)
12,000
hundred square feet
Travel to jobs
Miles driven
404,000
miles
Job support
Number of jobs
2,000
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EBK ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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