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Claire Company produces Tablets and Books. Total overhead costs traditionally ha

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Question

Claire Company produces Tablets and Books. Total overhead costs traditionally have been allocated on the basis of direct labor hours. After implementing activity-based costing, managers determined the following cost pools and cost drivers. They also decided that general costs should no longer be allocated to products.


Other information is as follows:

Activity Pool Department Costs Cost Driver Binding $267,938 Number of units Printing 829,312 Machine hours Product design 213,180 Change orders General 627,836 None    Total overhead costs $1,938,266

Explanation / Answer

Total activity Tablets Books Binding 63000+20300=83300 267938*63000/83300= 202642.18 267938*20300/83300 = 65295.82 Printing 126000+120000= 246000 829312 *126000/246000 = 424769.56 829312*120000/246000 = 404542.44 Product design 1300+2600 = 3900 627836 *1300/3900 = 209278.67 627836*2600/3900= 418557.33 Total 836690.41 888395.59 Units 63000 20300 Per unit overhead cost 13.28 43.76 Tablet Book Direct material 3.13 10.25 Direct labor 3.92 7.82 overhead 13.28 43.76 Unit cost 20.33 61.83