Problem 7-16 (Algo) Comparing Traditional and Activity-Based Product Margins [LO7-1, LO7-3, LO7-4, LO7-5]

Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc., makes two types of industrial component partsthe B300 and the T500. An absorption costing income statement for the most recent period is shown:

Hi-Tek produced and sold 60,300 units of B300 at a price of $20 per unit and 12,600 units of T500 at a price of $39 per unit. The companys traditional cost system allocates manufacturing overhead to products using a plantwide overhead rate and direct labor dollars as the allocation base. Additional information relating to the companys two product lines is shown below:

The company has created an activity-based costing system to evaluate the profitability of its products. Hi-Teks ABC implementation team concluded that $51,000 and $107,000 of the companys advertising expenses could be directly traced to B300 and T500, respectively. The remainder of the selling and administrative expenses was organization-sustaining in nature. The ABC team also distributed the companys manufacturing overhead to four activities as shown below:

Required:

1. Compute the product margins for the B300 and T500 under the companys traditional costing system.

2. Compute the product margins for B300 and T500 under the activity-based costing system.

3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments.

Hi-Tek Manufacturing Inc. Income Statement Sales Cost of goods sold Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses Net operating loss $ 1,697,400 1,217,226 480, 174 590,000 $ (109,826) Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Cost of goods sold B300 T500 Total $ 400,600 $ 162,700 $ 563,300 $ 121,000 $ 43,000 164,000 489,926 $ 1,217, 226 Activity Cost Pool (and Activity Measure) Machining (machine-hours) Setups (setup hours) Product-sustaining (number of products) Other (organization-sustaining costs) Total manufacturing overhead cost Manufacturing Overhead $ 199,906 128,920 100,200 60,900 $ 489,926 Activity B300 T500 Total 90,600 62,000 152,600 73 220 293 1 1 NA NA NA Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Compute the product margins for the B300 and T500 under the company's traditional costing system. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) B300 T500 Total Product margin $ 0 Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Compute the product margins for B300 and T500 under the activity-based costing system. (Negative product margins should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) B300 T500 Total Product margin $ 0 B300 T500 Total % of % of Amount Amount Amount Traditional Cost System % % % % % % Total cost assigned to products $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 Total cost $ 0 B300 T500 Total % of % of Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount Activity-Based Costing System Direct costs: % % % % % % Indirect costs: % % % % % % $ 0 $ 0 0 Total cost assigned to products Costs not assigned to products: Total cost $ 0