In: Accounting
Wellington Chocolate Company uses activity-based costing. The controller identified two activities and budgeted overhead costs based on these activities:
Setting up equipment $280,000
Baking $5,800,000
Setting up equipment is based on setup hours, and baking is based on oven hours. Wellington produces two products, fudge, and cookies. Information on each product is as follows
| fudge | cookies | |
| Units produced | 8,000 | 445,000 |
| Setup hours | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Oven hours | 5,000 | 35,000 |
Required (round your answers to the nearest whole dollar, unless otherwise directed):
1. Calculate the activity rate for setting up equipment
2. Calculate the activity rate for baking
3. How much total overhead is assigned to Fudge?
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| Part 1 and 2 | ||||
| Activity | Overhead cost | Total Activities | Activity Rate | |
| a | b | a/b | ||
| Setting up | $ 280,000 | 5,000 | $ 56 | |
| Baking | $ 5,800,000 | 40,000 | $ 145 | |
| Part 3 | ||||
| Activity rate | Activities | Overhead assigned | ||
| a | b | a*b | ||
| Settin up | $ 56 | 4,000 | $ 224,000 | |
| Bakint | $ 145 | 5,000 | $ 725,000 | |
| Overhead is assigned to fudge | $ 949,000 | |||