ABC Corporation has three service departments with the following costs and activity base:
Service Department | Cost | Activity Base for Allocation |
Graphics Production | $200,000 | number of copies |
Accounting | 500,000 | number of invoices processed |
Personnel Department | 400,000 | number of employees |
ABC has three operating divisions, Micro, Macro and Super. Their
revenue, cost and activity information are as follows:
Micro | Macro | Super | |
Direct revenues | $700,000 | $850,000 | $650,000 |
Direct operating expenses | 50,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 |
Number of copies made | 20,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 |
Number of invoices processed | 700 | 800 | 500 |
Number of employees | 130 | 145 | 125 |
How much service department cost will be allocated to the Micro
Division?
a.$145,000
b.$60,000
c.$345,000
d.$200,000
Answer is c. $ 345000 | ||||||
STATEMENT SHOWING ACTIVITY RATE OF ACTIVITY POOL | ||||||
Activity | Total | Expected | Activity | |||
ACTIVITY COST POOL | Measures | Overheads | Activity | Rate | ||
Graphics Production | Copies | 200,000 | 100,000 | 2 | ||
Accounting | Invoices | 500,000 | 2,000 | 250 | ||
Personal department | Employees | 400,000 | 400 | 1,000 | ||
Service cost allocated to Micro: | ||||||
Graphics Production | (20000 copies @2) | 40,000 | ||||
Accounting | (700 invoices @250) | 175000 | ||||
Personal department | (130 employees @1000) | 130000 | ||||
Total service cost | 345,000 |
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