Comparing ABC and Plantwide Overhead Cost Assignments

Castle Dale Company uses activity$-$based costing $($ABC$).$ The controller identified two activities and their budgeted costs:

Line Item Description Amount

Setting up equipment $$988,000$

Other overheard $$2,808,000$

Setting up equipment is based on setup hours, and other overhead is based on oven hours.

Castle Dale produces two products, Fudge and Cookies. Information on each product is as follows:

Line Item Description Fudge Cookies

Batches produced $16,000890,000$

Setup hours $15,2003,800$

Oven hours $2,60018,200$

Required:

$1.$ Calculate the activity rate for $($a$)$ setting up equipment and $($b$)$ other overhead.

Line Item Description Activity rate

a$.$ Setting up equipment $fill in the blank $1$

per setup hour

b$.$ Other overhead $fill in the blank $2$

per oven hour

$2.$ How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using ABC?

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$3.$ What is the unit overhead assigned to Fudge using ABC? Round to the nearest cent.

fill in the blank $1$ of $1$$

per unit

$4.$ Now, ignoring the ABC results, calculate the plantwide overhead rate, based on oven hours. Round to the nearest cent.

fill in the blank $1$ of $1$$

per oven hour

$5.$ How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge using the plantwide overhead rate?

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$6$a$.$ The difference in the total overhead assigned to Fudge is different under the ABC system and non$$ABC system because

$.$

$6$b$.$ What is the difference in total overhead assigned to fudge under the two methods?

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