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ACCT 282 Quiz 4A F 17 NAME ___________________________________________________ V

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ACCT 282

Quiz 4A

F 17                NAME ___________________________________________________

Vincent Jardine, a CPA, has a firm in the state of New York. Vincent uses ABC to allocate overhead costs and has computed the following predetermined overhead allocation rates:

Activity                                 Allocation Base                        COST POOL                 Estimated Activity  

Photocopy expenses         Number of pages                  $4500                                   6000 pages

Cost of Maintenance         Number of labor hours         $2000                                   200 labor hours

What are the allocation rates based on ABC?

                                                                                                              Photocopies _____________

                                                                                  

                                                                                                               Maintenance ______________    

Vincent has important contacts in the northeastern parts of New York. During the past month, Vincent completed a job for Nurix Inc. The job required 135 labor hours and 4,000 photocopies. Determine the amount of indirect costs to be allocated to the job based on ABC.

                                                                                                                   Total cost _______________

If the traditional method was used based on direct labor hours, determine the amount of indirect cost allocated to the job.

                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                      OH Rate _______________

                                                                                                                       Total Cost _______________

Explanation / Answer

Req1 STATEMENT SHOWING ACTIVITY RATE OF ACTIVITY POOL Activity Total Expected Activity ACTIVITY COST POOL Measures Overheads Activity Rate Photocopy expense pages 4,500 6,000 0.75 per page Cost of maintenance DLH 2,000 200 10.00 per DLH Photocopy expense 0.75 Cost of maintenance 10 Req 2: Indirect Cost allocated: Photocpy expense (4000 copies @0.75) 3000 Maintenance (135 DLH @10) 1350 Total indirect cost 4350 Req 3: OH rate based on DLH = Estimated OH / Estimated DLH = 6500 /200 = 32.5 per DLH Indirect cost assigned (135 DLH @32.50): $4,388

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