=+13-18 K Dual-rate method, budgeted versus actual costs and quantities (continuation of 13-17) OBJECTIVES 1, 2 Velvet
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=+13-18 K Dual-rate method, budgeted versus actual costs and quantities (continuation of 13-17)
OBJECTIVES 1, 2 Velvet Ltd decides to examine the effect of using the dual-rate method for allocating truck costs to each round-trip. At the start of 2014, the budgeted costs were:
Variable cost per round-trip $1 350 Fixed costs $47 500 The actual results for the 45 round-trips made in 2014 were:
Variable costs $58 500 Fixed costs 38 250
$96 750 Assume all other information to be the same as in Exercise 13-17.
Required 1 Using the dual-rate method, what are the costs allocated to the Dark Chocolate Division and the Milk Chocolate Division when:
(a) variable costs are allocated using the budgeted rate per round-trip and actual round-trips used by each division and
(b) fixed costs are allocated based on the budgeted rate per round-trip and round-trips budgeted for each division?
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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
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Authors: Monte Wynder, Madhav V. Rajan, Srikant M. Datar, Charles T. Horngren, William Maguire, Rebecca Tan