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Lee’s Furniture manufactures two types of chairs---recliner and office chair. The following activity and cost information has been compiled:
Number of Number of Number of
Product Setups Components Direct Labor Hours
Recliner 5 40 300
Office chair 8 45 175
Overhead costs $80,000 $180,000
Assume a traditional costing system applies the $260,000 of overhead costs based on direct labor hours.
a. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the recliner?
b. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the office chair?
Assume an activity-based costing system is used and that the number of setups and the number of components are identified as the activity-cost drivers for overhead.
c. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the recliner?
d. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the office chair?
e. Explain the difference between the costs obtained from the traditional costing system and the ABC system. Which system provides a better estimate of costs? Why?
OH rate per DLH: | |||||||
Total overheads (80,000+180,000) | 2,60,000 | ||||||
Divide: Total DLH (300+175) | 475 | ||||||
OH rate per DLH: | 547.37 | ||||||
OH allocated as per Tradition: | |||||||
Recliner | office chair | ||||||
DLH used | 300 | 175 | |||||
Multiply: OH rate per DLH | 547.37 | 547.37 | |||||
OH allocated | 1,64,211 | 95,790 | |||||
OH allocated to recliner: $164,211 | |||||||
OH allocated to Office chair: $95790 | |||||||
ABC: | |||||||
Activity rateL | |||||||
Activity | Total OH | Drivers | Activity rate | ||||
Setup cost | 80,000 | 13 | 6153.85 | per setup | |||
Component cost | 1,80,000 | 85 | 2117.65 | per component | |||
Oh allocated: | |||||||
Activity | Rate | Recliner | Office Chair | ||||
Driver | OH | Driver | OH | ||||
Setup cost | 6153.85 | 5 | 30769.25 | 8 | 49230.8 | ||
Component cost | 2117.65 | 40 | 84706 | 45 | 95294.25 | ||
Total overheads | 1,15,475 | 1,44,525 | |||||
OH allocated to Recliner: $115,475 | |||||||
Oh allocated to Office chair: $ 144,525 | |||||||
Req c. | |||||||
Comparison: | |||||||
Recliner | Office chair | ||||||
OH as per Traditional | 164211 | 95790 | |||||
OH as per ABC | 115475 | 1,44,525 | |||||
Difference in cost | 48736 | -48,735 | |||||