Question

Deemer Corporation has an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools--Processing, Supervising, and Other. In the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and indirect labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow:

Overhead costs:
Equipment expense	$	132,000
Indirect labor	$	13,700

Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools:

	Activity Cost Pools
	Processing	Supervising		Other
Equipment expense	0.30	0.40		0.30
Indirect labor	0.30	0.40		0.30

Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:

Activity:

	MHs (Processing)	Batches (Supervising)
Product F6	16,800	970
Product X0	1,660	1,080
Total	18,460	2,050

What is the overhead cost assigned to Product X0 under activity-based costing? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Multiple Choice

• $44,617.00

• $30,704.40

• $3,934.20

• $34,639.00

Answer 1

• Working

	Processing	Supervision	Other
Equipment	$39,600	$52,800	$39,600
Indirect Labor	$4,110	$5,480	$4,110
Total Overhead cost allocated	$43,710	$58,280	$43,710

	Processing	Supervision	Other
Equipment	=132000*0.3/1	=132000*0.4/1	=132000*0.3/1
Indirect Labor	=13700*0.3/1	=13700*0.4/1	=13700*0.3/1

• Calculation and answer

		Processing	Supervision
	Equipment	$39,600	$52,800
	Indirect Labor	$4,110	$5,480
A	Total Overhead cost allocated	$43,710	$58,280
B	Total activity base	18460	2050
C = A x B	Activity rate	$2.37	$28.43
D	Activity base of X0	1660	1080
E = C x D	Total Overhead cost allocated to X0	$3,934	$30,704

• Correct Answer = Option #4: $ 34,639 [because $ 3934 + 30704 = $ 34639]