Fundamentals Of Cost Accounting (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9781259969478
Author: WILLIAM LANEN, Shannon Anderson, Michael Maher
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 57P
Activity-Based Costing and Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rates
Kitchen Supply, Inc. (KSI), manufactures three types of flatware: institutional, standard, and silver. It applies all indirect costs according to a predetermined rate based on direct labor-hours. A consultant recently suggested that the company switch to an activity-based costing system and prepared the following cost estimates for year 2 for the recommended cost drivers.
In addition, management estimated 7,500 direct labor-hours for year 2.
Assume that the following cost driver volumes occurred in January, year 2:
Actual labor costs were $15 per hour.
Required
- a. Compute a predetermined overhead rate for year 2 for each cost driver using the estimated costs and estimated cost driver units prepared by the consultant. Also compute a predetermined rate for year 2 using direct labor-hours as the allocation base.
- b. Compute the production costs for each product for January using direct labor-hours as the allocation base and the predetermined rate computed in requirement (a).
- c. Compute the production costs for each product for January using the cost drivers recommended by the consultant and the predetermined rates computed in requirement (a). (Note: Do not assume that total overhead applied to products in January will be the same for activity-based costing as it was for the labor-hour-based allocation.)
- d. Management has seen your numbers and wants an explanation for the discrepancy between the product costs using direct labor-hours as the allocation base and the product costs using activity-based costing. Write a brief response to management.
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