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Allocating Selling and Administrative Expenses using Activity-Based Costing
Shrute Inc. manufactures office copiers, which are sold to retailers. The price and cost of goods sold for each copier are as follows:
Price$690 per unit
Cost of goods sold(410)
Gross profit$280 per unit
In addition, the company incurs selling and administrative expenses of $263,410. The company wishes to assign these costs to its three major retail customers, The Warehouse, Kosmo Co., and Supply Universe. These expenses are related to its three major nonmanufacturing activities: customer service, sales order processing, and advertising support. The advertising support is in the form of advertisements that are placed by Shrute Inc. to support the retailer's sale of Shrute copiers to consumers. The budgeted activity costs and activity bases associated with these activities are:
ActivityBudgeted Activity CostActivity Base
Customer service $30,030 Number of service requests
Sales order processing 27,880 Number of sales orders
Advertising support 205,500 Number of ads placed
Total activity cost $263,410
Activity-base usage and unit volume information for the three customers is as follows:
The WarehouseKosmo Co.Supply UniverseTotal
Number of service requests40 10 160 210
Number of sales orders230 100 490 820
Number of ads placed20 20 110 150
Unit volume690 690 690 2,070
Required:
1. Determine the activity rates for each of the three nonmanufacturing activities. Round to the nearest whole dollar.
Activity Rate
Customer Service$per serv. req.
Sales Order Processing$per sls. order
Advertising Support$per ad
2. Determine the activity costs allocated to the three customers, using the activity rates in (1).
Activity Costs
The Warehouse$
Kosmo Co.$
Supply Universe$
3. Construct customer profitability reports for the three customers, dated for the year ended December 31, using the activity costs in (2). The reports should disclose the gross profit and operating income associated with each customer.
Shrute Inc.
Customer Profitability Report
For the Year Ended December 31
The WarehouseKosmo Co.Supply Universe
Revenues$$$
Cost of goods sold
Gross profit$$$
Selling and administrative activities:
Customer service$$$
Sales order processing
Advertising support
Total selling and administrative activities$
Operating income$$$
Computation of ABC rate | ||||||||
Activity | OH Costs(Col 1) | No. of activity base(Col 2) | Activity Rate(Col 1 / Col 2) | |||||
Customer Service | $ 30,030 | 210 | $ 143.00 | per service request | ||||
Sales order processing | $ 27,880 | 820 | $ 34.00 | per sales orders | ||||
Advertising support | $ 205,500 | 150 | $ 1,370.00 | per ads placed | ||||
Total | $ 263,410 | |||||||
The Warehouse | Kosmo | Supply universe | ||||||
ABC rate | Activity Based usage | Activity Based usage*ABC rate | Activity Based usage | Activity Based usage*ABC rate | Activity Based usage | Activity Based usage*ABC rate | ||
Customer Service | $ 143.00 | 40 | $ 5,720 | 10 | $ 1,430 | 160 | $ 22,880 | |
Sales order processing | $ 34.00 | 230 | $ 7,820 | 100 | $ 3,400 | 490 | $ 16,660 | |
Advertising support | $ 1,370.00 | 20 | $ 27,400 | 20 | $ 27,400 | 110 | $ 150,700 | |
Total Assigned Cost | $ 40,940 | $ 32,230 | $ 190,240 | |||||
Shrute Inc. | ||||||||
Customer profitability report | ||||||||
For the year ended December 31 | ||||||||
The Warehouse | Kosmo | Supply universe | ||||||
Revenues | $ 476,100 | $ 476,100 | $ 476,100 | |||||
Cost of goods sold | $ 282,900 | $ 282,900 | $ 282,900 | |||||
Gross Profit | $ 193,200 | $ 193,200 | $ 193,200 | |||||
Selling and administrative activities: | ||||||||
Customer Service | $ 5,720 | $ 1,430 | $ 22,880 | |||||
Sales order processing | $ 7,820 | $ 3,400 | $ 16,660 | |||||
Advertising support | $ 27,400 | $ 27,400 | $ 150,700 | |||||
Total Selling and administrative activities | $ 40,940 | $ 32,230 | $ 190,240 | |||||
Operating Income | $ 152,260 | $ 160,970 | $ 2,960 | |||||