Studler Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cos
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Question
Studler Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools—Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:
Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:
The activity rate for the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing is closest to:
Noreen 4e Rechecks 2017-24-03
$15.60 per batch
$2.04 per batch
$1.91 per batch
$3.87 per batch
Overhead costs: Equipment expense $ 49,550 Indirect labor $ 6,500Explanation / Answer
cost allocated to supervising activity cool =[49550*.20] + [6500* .50]
= 9910+ 3250
= 13160
Activity rate= 13160 / 3400 = $ 3.87 per batch
correct option is " D"