Schrager Corporation manufactures snowmobiles in its Blue Mountain, Wisconsin, plant. The following costs are budgeted for the
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Schrager Corporation manufactures snowmobiles in its Blue Mountain, Wisconsin, plant. The following costs are budgeted for the first quarter’s operations.
Machine setup, indirect materials ........... $ 4,000
Inspections ................... 16,000
Tests ....................... 4,000
Insurance, plant ................. 110,000
Engineering design ............... 140,000
Depreciation, machinery ............. 520,000
Machine setup, indirect labor ........... 20,000
Property taxes ................. 29,000
Oil, heating .................. 19,000
Electricity, plant lighting ............. 21,000
Engineering prototypes ............... 60,000
Depreciation, plant ...............210,000
Electricity, machinery .............. 36,000
Custodial (machine maintenance) wages ........ 19,000
Instructions
Classify the above costs of Schrager Corporation into activity cost pools using the following: engineering, machinery, machine setup, quality control, factory utilities maintenance. Next, identify a cost driver that may be used to assign each cost pool to each line of snowmobiles.
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