Corbett Pharmaceuticals manufacturers an? over-the-counter allergy medication. T
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Corbett Pharmaceuticals manufacturers an? over-the-counter allergy medication. The company sells both large commercial containers of? 1,000 capsules to health care facilities and travel packs of 20 capsules to shops in? airports, train? stations, and hotels. The following information has been developed to determine if an? activity-based costing system would be? beneficial:
Estimated
Estimated Quantity
Activity
Indirect Costs
Allocation Base
of Allocation Base
Materials handling
$96,000
Number of kilos
24,000
kilos
Packaging
210,000
Number of machine hours
3,000
hours
Quality assurance
114,000
Number of samples
1,900
samples
Total indirect costs
$420,000
Actual production information includes the? following:
Commercial Containers
Travel Packs
Units produced
3,200
containers
51,000
packs
Weight in kilos
12,800
5,100
Machine hours
2,400
510
Number of samples
640
765
CorberttCorbertt?'s
original single plantwide overhead allocation rate costing system allocated indirect costs to products at
$ 140.00$140.00
per machine hour. Compute the total indirect costs allocated to the commercial containers and to the travel packs under the original system. Then compute the indirect cost per unit for each product. Round to two decimal places.
2.
Compute the predetermined overhead allocation rate for each activity.
3.
Use the predetermined overhead allocation rates to compute the? activity-based costs per unit of the commercial containers and the travel packs. Round to two decimal places.
?(?Hint:
First compute the total? activity-based costs allocated to each product? line, and then compute the cost per? unit.)
4.
Compare the indirect? activity-based costs per unit to the indirect costs per unit from the traditional system. How have the unit costs? changed? Explain why the costs changed.
Corbertt original single plantwide overhead allocation rate costing system allocated indirect costs to products at $ 140.00 per machine hour. Compute the total indirect costs allocated to the commercial containers and to the travel packs under the original system. Then compute the indirect cost per unit for each product. Round to two decimal places.
Estimated
Estimated Quantity
Activity
Indirect Costs
Allocation Base
of Allocation Base
Materials handling
$96,000
Number of kilos
24,000
kilos
Packaging
210,000
Number of machine hours
3,000
hours
Quality assurance
114,000
Number of samples
1,900
samples
Total indirect costs
$420,000
Explanation / Answer
1) Indirect costs allocated to common containers and travel packs on plant wide rate
2) Predetermined overhead allocated rate for each activity
3) Indirect cost per unit using the activity based costing
4) We see that the indirect costs per unit allocated to Commercial containers has reduced by $24.5 and has increased for Travel packs by $0.6. This is because under the traditional costing system, the cost was alllocated purely on the basis of machine hours which is muc higher for commercial contrainers as compared to travel packs. As a result higher costs were allocated. However, the under the ABC costing system, the costs are allocated on the basis of activities used for various components which comrpsie the indirect costs. Hence, the per unit cost has reduced for commercial containers.
Commerical Containers Travel packs Machine Hours 2400 510 Allocation rate $140 $140 Overheads allocated $3,36,000 $71,400 No. of units $3,200 $51,000 Per unit indirect cost $105.00 $1.40Related Questions
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