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LAB #4 CHAPTER 4 Activity Based Costing OBJECTIVE: Assign indirect costs to prod

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LAB #4

CHAPTER 4

Activity Based Costing

OBJECTIVE: Assign indirect costs to products using activity based costing and compare results to indirect costs assigned to products using traditional volume-based costing

Valley View Trailmasters makes two types of tents for mountain camping, the Explorer and the Climber. Data concerning the two product lines is presented in the table below:

EXPLORER

CLIMBER

Sales price per unit

$390

$615

Direct materials per unit

$92

$115

Direct labor per unit

$51

$75

Estimated annual production

4,000 units

9,000 units

The company has always employed a tradition costing system in which manufacturing overhead is applied to units based on direct labor hours. Estimated data concerning manufacturing overhead and direct labor hours for the upcoming year appear below:

            Estimated total manufacturing overhead       $484,746

            Estimated total machine hours             1,000

The company is considering replacing its traditional costing system with an activity based costing system that would assign its indirect product costs to four activity cost pools. Information about the amount assigned to these cost pools, the identified cost driver for each and usage of the cost drivers by the two product lines is presented in the following table:

ACTIVITY

TOTAL COST

COST DRIVER

TOTAL

EXPLORER

CLIMBER

Machine maintenance

$78,840

Machine hours

1,000

350

650

Batch setups

$136,364

Setups

146

60

86

Quality control

$163,020

Inspections

1,650

975

675

Technical support

$106,522

Technical support calls

964

352

612

Total manufacturing overhead cost

$484,746

INSTRUCTIONS: Use Excel formulas to calculate the following amounts in the spaces provided on your template.

1.    Calculate the predetermined overhead rate using the traditional volume-based costing system.

2.    Calculate the total amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product line under the company’s traditional costing system.

3.    Calculate the gross margin per unit for each product line using traditional volume-based costing.

4.    Calculate the activity rate for each cost pool using activity-based costing.

5.    Calculate the total amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product line using activity-based costing.

6.    Calculate the gross margin per unit for each product line under the proposed activity based costing system.

EXPLORER

CLIMBER

Sales price per unit

$390

$615

Direct materials per unit

$92

$115

Direct labor per unit

$51

$75

Estimated annual production

4,000 units

9,000 units

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Explanation / Answer

Req 1. Pre-determined OH rate per MH: Estimated Manufacturing OH 484746 Divide: Estimated MH 1000 OH rate per MH 484.746 Req 2. Explorer Climber Machine hours 350 650 OH rate per MH 484.746 484.746 Oh assigned 169661 315085 Req3. Gross Margin: Explorer Climber Sales revenue 1560000 5535000 Less: Cost Direct material 368000 1035000 Direct labur 204000 675000 OH 169661 315085 Gross margin 818339 3509915 Req 4. STATEMENT SHOWING ACTIVITY RATE OF ACTIVITY POOL Activity Total Expected Activity ACTIVITY COST POOL Measures Overheads Activity Rate Machine Maintenance MH 78,840 1,000 78.84 Batch setups Setups 136,364 146 934.00 Quality control Inspections 163,020 1,650 98.80 Technical support Support calls 106,522 964 110.50 Req 5. Overheads assigned: Explorer Climber Activity Rate Activity OH Activity OH Machine Maintenance 78.84 350 27594 650 51246 Batch setups 934 60 56040 86 80324 Quality control 98.8 975 96330 675 66690 Technical support 110.5 352 38896 612 67626 Total Overheads 218860 265886 Req 6. Gross Margin: Explorer Climber Sales revenue 1560000 5535000 Less: Cost Direct material 368000 1035000 Direct labur 204000 675000 OH 218860 265886 Gross margin 769140 3559114