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Alabama Paper Company manufactures three products (computer paper, newsprint, an

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Question

Alabama Paper Company manufactures three products (computer paper, newsprint, and specialty paper) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:

The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:

The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:

Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit.

If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.

1.  Determine the activity rate for each activity.

2.  Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products. Round per unit answers to the nearest cent.

Activity Activity Cost Pool Production $430,700 Setup 165,600 Moving 70,200 Shipping 149,600 Product Engineering 44,800 Total $860,900

Explanation / Answer

Activity cost

Activity budgeted

Activity rate

Production

MC hrs

$430,700

7300

59

Setup

No of set up

165,600

400

414

Moving

No of move

70,200

900

78

Shipping

No of custo

149,600

4400

34

Product Engineering

No of test

44,800

400

112

Activity cost

Activity budgeted

Activity rate

Production

MC hrs

$430,700

7300

59

Setup

No of set up

165,600

400

414

Moving

No of move

70,200

900

78

Shipping

No of custo

149,600

4400

34

Product Engineering

No of test

44,800

400

112

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