Mercer Asbestos Removal Company removes potentially toxic asbestos insulation from buildings. There has been a long -
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Mercer Asbestos Removal Company removes potentially toxic asbestos insulation from buildings. There has been a longsimmering dispute between the companys estimator and the work supervisors. The onsite supervisors claim the estimators do not adequately distinguish between routine work, such as removing asbestos insulation around heating pipes in older homes, and nonroutine work, such as removing asbestoscontaminated ceiling plaster in industrial buildings. The onsite supervisors believe nonroutine work is far more expensive than routine work and should bear higher customer charges. The estimator sums up his position in this way: My job is to measure the area to be cleared of asbestos. As directed by top management, I simply multiply the square footage by $ to determine the bid price. Because our average cost is only $ per square foot, that leaves enough cushion to take care of the additional costs of nonroutine work. Besides, it is difficult to know what is routine or not routine until you actually start tearing things apart.
To shed light on this controversy, the company gathered the following activitybased costing data:
Note: The nonroutine jobs are included in the total of jobs. Both nonroutine jobs and routine jobs require estimating and setup.
Costs for the Year
Wages and salaries $
Disposal fees
Equipment depreciation
Onsite supplies
Office expenses
Licensing and insurance
Total cost $
Required:
Perform the firststage allocation of costs to the activity cost pools.
Compute the activity rates for the activity cost pools.
Calculate the total cost and the average cost per thousand square feet of each of the following jobs according to the activitybased costing system.
A routine squarefoot asbestos removal job.
A routine squarefoot asbestos removal job.
A nonroutine squarefoot asbestos removal job.
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ISBN: 978-1259024900
9th canadian edition
Authors: Ray Garrison, Theresa Libby, Alan Webb
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