In: Accounting
Mudcat Corporation has four categories of overhead, with expected costs for next year as follows.
Maintenance $750,000
Materials Handling 260,000
Inspection 470,000
Setups 245,000
Job #58 is scheduled for next year and has the following estimates:
Direct materials $48,000
Direct labor (2,000 hours) $56,000
Number of inspections 95
Number of setups 88
Number of machine hours 4,500
Number of materials moves 185
Sixty thousand direct labor hours are budgeted for next year. Expected activity for the activity-based cost drivers that could be used are:
Machine hours 34,000
Material moves 18,000
Setups 31,000
Quality inspections 37,000
Determine the total cost of Job #58 if activity-based costing is used: $ ___________________
Computation of total cost for Job #58 | ||||
Particulars | Amount in $ | |||
Direct materials cost | 48,000 | |||
Direct labour cost | 56,000 | |||
Inspection cost (95 inspections @ $12.70) | 1,207 | Refer Note 1 | ||
Setup cost (88 setups @ $7.90) | 695 | Refer Note 1 | ||
Maintenance cost (4500 machine hours @ $22.06) | 99,270 | Refer Note 1 | ||
Materials handling cost (185 material moves @ $14.44) | 2,671 | Refer Note 1 | ||
Total cost for Job #58 | 2,07,843 | |||
Note 1: | ||||
Calculation of cost-driver rates | ||||
Activity | Cost driver | Total budgeted activity cost ($) - A | Budgeted no. of cost drivers - | Budgeted cost-driver rate (A / B) |
Maintenance | Machine hours | 7,50,000 | 34,000 | 22.06 |
Materials handling | Material moves | 2,60,000 | 18,000 | 14.44 |
Inspection | Quality inspections | 4,70,000 | 37,000 | 12.70 |
Setup | Setups | 2,45,000 | 31,000 | 7.90 |