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Hakara Company has been using direct labor costs as the basis for assigning over

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Question

Hakara Company has been using direct labor costs as the basis for assigning overhead to its many products. Under this allocation system product A has been assigned overhead of $26.87 per unit while product B has been assigned $7.62 per unit. Management feels that an ABC system will provide a more accurate allocation of the overhead costs and has collected the following cost pool and cost driver information: The following cost information pertains to the production of A and B, just two of its many products: Use activity-based costing to determine a unit cost for each product.

Explanation / Answer

Hakara Company ABC details Cost Pool Activity cost$ Cost Driver Driver cosumption Activity rate   Machine set up              415,000 Set up Hrs           5,000          83.00 Materials handling              120,000 Pounds of material         15,000             8.00 Electric Power                44,000 Kilowatt Hrs         22,000             2.00 Overhead allocation to A &B A B Cost Driver Activity rate   Driver cosumption OH amount allocated Driver cosumption OH amount allocated Set up Hrs                         83                     200         16,600              200        16,600 Pounds of material                           8                  2,000         16,000          2,000        16,000 Kilowatt Hrs                           2                  4,000           8,000          4,000          8,000 Total         40,600        40,600 Unit Cost of Product Using ABC Details Details Product A Product B a No Of units produced                   5,000               20,000 Cost Details Direct Materials cost                22,000               26,000 Direct Labor cost                39,000               37,000 Manufacturing overhead allocated                  40,600               40,600 b Total Cost              101,600             103,600 Unit Cost =b/a= $              20.32 $                5.18