Question 1 Assume that the accounts payable department of a company has 5 clerks
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Question 1
Assume that the accounts payable department of a company has 5 clerks; each one is paid $25,000 per year ($125,000 total clerical salaries). On average, the clerks spend:
20% of their time on processing payments
30% of their time matching invoices, receiving documents, and billing statement
50% of their time correcting errors in the various documents
In addition, long distance telephone costs of $1,700 are directly traced to the activity "correcting errors."
Required:
A. Assign the clerical salary cost to each of the three activities.
B. What is the total cost of the "correcting errors" activity?
$
Question 2
Heedy Company makes a product using two departments - Department 1 and Department 2. Information on these departments is as follows:
Required:
A. Calculate the department overhead rate for each department. Use machine hours as the base in Department 1 and direct labor hours as the base in Department 2.
B. A job has prime cost of $270. It uses 10 machine hours in Department 1 and 15 direct labor hours in Department 2. Calculate the total product cost for the job.
$
C. Recalculate the department overhead rate for each department. Use direct labor hours as the base in Department 1 and machine hours as the base in Department 2.
D. A job has prime cost of $270. It uses 10 direct labor hours in Department 1 and 15 machine hours in Department 2. Using the rates calculated in part C, calculate the total product cost for the job.
$
Explanation / Answer
Solution.
A.
B.
Activity % of time spend Total Expenses Assign Cost Processing payments 20% 125,000.00 25,000.00 Matching documents 30% 125,000.00 37,500.00 Correcting errors 50% 125,000.00 62,500.00Related Questions
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