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Gibson Construction Company expects to build three new homes during a specific accounting period. The estimated direct materials and labor costs are as follows: Expected Costs Home 1 Home 2 Home 3 Direct labor $ 80,000 $ 94,000 $ 187,000 Direct materials 92,000 139,000 195,000 Assume Gibson needs to allocate two major overhead costs ($54,150 of employee fringe benefits and $12,780 of indirect materials costs) among the three jobs. Required Choose an appropriate cost driver for each of the overhead costs and determine the total cost of each house. (Round "Allocation rate" to 2 decimal places.)
Total direct labor | 361000 | =80000+94000+187000 | |||
Total direct materials | 426000 | =92000+139000+195000 | |||
Allocation rate for fringe benefits | 0.15 | =54150/361000 | |||
Allocation rate for indirect materials | 0.03 | =12780/426000 | |||
Fringe benefits: | |||||
House | Allocation rate | X | Weight of Base | = | Allocated cost |
1 | 0.15 | X | 80000 | = | 12000 |
2 | 0.15 | X | 94000 | = | 14100 |
3 | 0.15 | X | 187000 | = | 28050 |
Total | 54150 | ||||
Indirect materials: | |||||
House | Allocation rate | X | Weight of Base | = | Allocated cost |
1 | 0.03 | X | 92000 | = | 2760 |
2 | 0.03 | X | 139000 | = | 4170 |
3 | 0.03 | X | 195000 | = | 5850 |
Total | 12780 | ||||
Expected costs | Home 1 | Home 2 | Home 3 | Total | |
Direct labor | 80000 | 94000 | 187000 | 361000 | |
Direct materials | 92000 | 139000 | 195000 | 426000 | |
Fringe benefits | 12000 | 14100 | 28050 | 54150 | |
Indirect materials | 2760 | 4170 | 5850 | 12780 | |
Total cost | 186760 | 251270 | 415900 | 853930 |