A firm produces two products, X and Y and uses activity based costing to allocate overhead costs. The various activities undertaken by the firm and the overhead cost pools and cost drivers are summarised below.
Overhead activity | Overhead cost | Cost driver | Cost driver consumption | ||
X | Y | ||||
Machining | $125,000 | Machine hours | 25 | 75 | |
Setups | $ 80,000 | Number of setups | 24 | 36 | |
Engineering | $120,000 | Engineering hours | 120 | 80 |
If the firm uses the above cost drivers to allocate the overhead of each activity, then what amount of overhead will be allocated to products X, and Y respectively?
Select one:
a. $7805.55; $5388.88
b. $135,250; $189,750
c. $152,569.44; $207,430.55
d. $157,144; $167,856
e. $207,430.55; $152,569.44
Correct Option B | ||||||||
X | Y | |||||||
Total Overhead | 135,250 | 189,750 | ||||||
Note 1: Overhead allocation sheet | ||||||||
X | Y | |||||||
Activity | Total OH Cost | Total Cost Driver | OH Rate | Driver Incurred | OH Cost assigned | Driver Incurred | OH Cost assigned | |
Mahcining | 125000 | 100 | 1250.00 | 25 | 31250 | 75 | 93750 | |
Setups | 80000 | 60 | 1333.33 | 24 | 32000 | 36 | 48000 | |
Engineering | 120000 | 200 | 600.00 | 120 | 72000 | 80 | 48000 | |
Total | 325000 | 135250 | 189750 |
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