Texas Co. established the following overhead cost pools and cost drivers:
Budgeted | Estimated | |||
Overhead Cost Pool | Overhead | Cost Driver | Cost Driver Level | |
Quality controls | $780,000 | # of inspections | 26,000 | inspections |
Machine setups | $720,000 | # of setups | 12,000 | setups |
Other overhead costs | $900,000 | # of machine hrs | 50,000 | machine hrs |
Total overhead costs | $2,400,000 | |||
A recent order for sailboats used: | ||||
Quality inspections | 750 | inspections | ||
Machine setups | 500 | setups | ||
Machine hours (MHs) | 2,400 | machine hours |
Required:
a. What is the overhead rate per machine hour if the number of machine hours (MHs) is used as a single cost driver under traditional costing system?
b. Utilizing traditional costing, how much overhead is assigned to the order based on machine hours as a single cost driver?
c. Utilizing ABC, how much total overhead is assigned to the order?
Req 1. | ||||||||
Total Overheads cost | 24,00,000 | |||||||
Divide: Total MH | 50,000 | |||||||
OH rate per MH | 48 | per MH | ||||||
Req 2. | ||||||||
MH used in the order | 2400 | |||||||
Multiply: OH rate per MH | 48 | |||||||
Overheads applied | 115200 | |||||||
Req 3. | ||||||||
Overheads applied as per Activity based costing | ||||||||
Activity | Total OH | Driver | Rate | Driver used in Job | OH applied | |||
Quality control | 780000 | 26000 | 30 | 750 | 22500 | |||
Mchine setup | 720000 | 12000 | 60 | 500 | 30000 | |||
Other overheads | 900000 | 50000 | 18 | 2400 | 43200 | |||
Total OH applied as per ABC | 95700 | |||||||
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