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SecuriCorp operates a fleet of armored cars that make scheduled pickups and deliveries in the Los Angeles area. The company is implementing an activity-based costing system that has four activity cost pools: Travel, Pickup and Delivery, Customer Service, and Other. The activity measures are miles for the Travel cost pool, number of pickups and deliveries for the Pickup and Delivery cost pool, and number of customers for the Customer Service cost pool. The Other cost pool has no activity measure because it is an organization-sustaining activity. The following costs will be assigned using the activity-based costing system: |
Driver and guard wages | $ | 980,000 |
Vehicle operating expense | 410,000 | |
Vehicle depreciation | 290,000 | |
Customer representative salaries and expenses | 320,000 | |
Office expenses | 180,000 | |
Administrative expenses | 480,000 | |
Total cost | $ | 2,660,000 |
The distribution of resource consumption across the activity cost pools is as follows: |
Travel |
Pickup and Delivery |
Customer Service |
Other | Totals | ||||||
Driver and guard wages | 50 | % | 35 | % | 10 | % | 5 | % | 100 | % |
Vehicle operating expense | 70 | % | 5 | % | 0 | % | 25 | % | 100 | % |
Vehicle depreciation | 60 | % | 15 | % | 0 | % | 25 | % | 100 | % |
Customer representative salaries and expenses | 0 | % | 0 | % | 90 | % | 10 | % | 100 | % |
Office expenses | 0 | % | 20 | % | 30 | % | 50 | % | 100 | % |
Administrative expenses | 0 | % | 5 | % | 60 | % | 35 | % | 100 | % |
Required: |
Complete the first stage allocations of costs to activity cost pools. |
Calculation:
Driver and Guard Wages:
Travel = $980,000 * 50% = $490,000
Pickup and Delivery = $980,000 * 35% = $343,000
Customer Service = $980,000 * 10% = $98,000
Other = $980,000 * 5% = $49,000
Vehicle Operating
Expense:
Travel = $410,000 * 70% = $287,000
Pickup and Delivery = $410,000 * 5% = $20,500
Customer Service = $410,000 * 0% = $0
Other = $410,000 * 25% = $102,500
Vehicle
Depreciation:
Travel = $290,000 * 60% = $174,000
Pickup and Delivery = $290,000 * 15% = $43,500
Customer Service = $290,000 * 0% = $0
Other = $290,000 * 25% = $72,500
Customer
Representative Salaries and Expense:
Travel = $320,000 * 0% = $0
Pickup and Delivery = $320,000 * 0% = $0
Customer Service = $320,000 * 90% = $288,000
Other = $320,000 * 10% = $32,000
Office
Expense:
Travel = $180,000 * 0% = $0
Pickup and Delivery = $180,000 * 20% = $36,000
Customer Service = $180,000 * 30% = $54,000
Other = $180,000 * 50% = $90,000
Administrative
Expense:
Travel = $480,000 * 0% = $0
Pickup and Delivery = $480,000 * 5% = $24,000
Customer Service = $480,000 * 60% = $288,000
Other = $480,000 * 35% = $168,000