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Extreme Manufacturing Company provides the following ABC costing information: Ac

ID: 2570275 • Letter: E

Question

Extreme Manufacturing Company provides the following ABC costing information:

Activities

Total Costs

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Account inquiry

$800,000

16 comma 00016,000 hours

Account billing

$105,000

7 comma 000 comma 0007,000,000 lines

Account verification accounts

$75,000

40 comma 00040,000 accounts

Correspondence letters

$40,250

7 comma 0007,000 letters

Total costs

$1,020,250

The above activities are used by Departments A and B as follows:

Department A

Department B

Account inquiry hours

2,800 hours

4 comma 3004,300 hours

Account billing lines

800,000 lines

650 comma 000650,000 lines

Account verification accounts

14,000 accounts

12 comma 00012,000 accounts

Correspondence letters

1,100 letters

1 comma 5001,500 letters

How much of account verification costs will be assigned to Department A?

A.

$22,500

B.

$37,500

C.

$26,250

D.

$ 75,000

Activities

Total Costs

Activity

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cost drivers

Account inquiry

$800,000

16 comma 00016,000 hours

Account billing

$105,000

7 comma 000 comma 0007,000,000 lines

Account verification accounts

$75,000

40 comma 00040,000 accounts

Correspondence letters

$40,250

7 comma 0007,000 letters

Total costs

$1,020,250

Explanation / Answer

Cost driver per account veritifiation= Total account vertification cost/ total accounts= 75000/40000= 1.875 per account

Account verification costs allocated to A= Total accounts in A* Cost driver per account verification= 14000*1.875= 26250

Option C. 26,250 is correct