FireOut, Inc. manufactures steel cylinders and nozzles for two models of fire extinguishers: (1) a home fire
Question:
The company's managers identified six activity cost pools and related cost drivers and accumulated overhead by cost pool as follows.
Instructions
(a) Under traditional product costing, compute the total unit cost of each product.
Prepare a simple comparative schedule of the individual costs by product (similar to Illustration 4-10 on page 158).
(b) Under ABC, prepare a schedule showing the computations of the activity-based overhead rates (per cost driver).
(c) Prepare a schedule assigning each activity's overhead cost pool to each product based on the use of cost drivers. (Include a computation of overhead cost per unit, rounding to the nearest cent.) (d) Compute the total cost per unit for each product under ABC.
(e) Classify each of the activities as a value-added activity or a non-value-added activity.
(f) Comment on (1) the comparative overhead cost per unit for the two products under ABC, and (2) the comparative total costs per unit under traditional costing andABC.
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Managerial Accounting Tools for business decision making
ISBN: 978-0470477144
5th edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso