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Agbalenyo 5 Star Hotel Ltd has re-engineered its costing system and has grouped its core activities into four cost centres. Accommodation Catering Leisure Outings The

Agbalenyo 5 Star Hotel Ltd has re-engineered its costing system and has grouped its core activities into four cost centres.

  1. Accommodation
  2. Catering
  3. Leisure
  4. Outings

The hotel has a mouth-watering standardised services, which it offers to customers as a special package. The package includes Accommodation, Meals, use of Leisure facilities and a number of Outings. The price per day for the use of each cost centre by the customer is predetermined. Materials and labour can be identified with cost centres in the budget but other overheads listed below cannot be so easily identified.         

Accommodation

Catering

Leisure

Outings

Total

GHȼ000

GHȼ000

GHȼ000

GHȼ000

GHȼ000

Labour                 

55

50.25

17.5

19.25

142

Materials            

9.5

18

8

6.5

42

Power

42

Rent & Rates                                                                                                                          36

Depreciation                                                                                                                           30

Advertising                                                                                                                             38

Office Expenses                                                                                                                     120

You are given the following information about the cost centres from the budget for the coming year.

Accommodation

Catering

Leisure

Outings

Floor Area (in sq metre)                    

600

200

300

100

Number of Employees

16

8

12

4

Machinery Value (in GHȼ)

5,000

10,000

30,000

15,000

Kilowatt Hours                              

2500

1250

6250

500

Expected Consumers’ Usage in days

7,500

6000

4000

1500

                                                  

Advertising is to be apportioned to the Cost Centres on the basis of customer usage.   

Office Expenses should be apportioned on the basis of total Cost per cost Centre before the apportionment of the office Expenses.  

It is the policy of the hotel that:  

  1. Customers should have the standard Accommodation and catering package but the Leisure facilities and Outings package as optional.  
  2. To operate at a profit mark-up of 30% on cost 

  3. Required:  
  1. Prepare a Cost Statement for the FOUR cost centres showing
    1. The budgeted total cost for each cost centre 
    2. The budgeted cost per day per Cost Centre 
  2. Calculate the price to be charged to Mr. and Mrs. Tagborlo who want to use the hotel for their honeymoon for one week. They require Accommodation and Catering for seven days, use of

Leisure facilities for three days and want to go on Outings on three days. 

  1. Distinguish between process costing and job costing. 

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