Problem 7-16 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 Manufacturing Inc. Income Statement
Sales	$	1,649,700
Cost of goods sold		1,235,820
Gross margin		413,880
Selling and administrative expenses		550,000
Net operating loss	$	(136,120	)

Hi-Tek produced and sold 60,300 units of B300 at a price of $19 per unit and 12,600 units of T500 at a price of $40 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:

	B300		T500		Total
Direct materials	$	400,600	$	162,700	$	563,300
Direct labor	$	120,400	$	42,100		162,500
Manufacturing overhead						510,020
Cost of goods sold					$	1,235,820

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 $109,000 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:

	Manufacturing Overhead			Activity
Activity Cost Pool (and Activity Measure)				B300	T500	Total
Machining (machine-hours)	$	215,320		91,000	62,800	153,800
Setups (setup hours)		134,200		75	230	305
Product-sustaining (number of products)		100,400		1	1	2
Other (organization-sustaining costs)		60,100		NA	NA	NA
Total manufacturing overhead cost	$	510,020

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.