Question

Kubin Company’s relevant range of production is 30,000 to 35,000 units. When it produces and sells 32,500 units, its average costs per unit are as follows:

  

	Average Cost per Unit
Direct materials	$	9.00
Direct labor	$	6.00
Variable manufacturing overhead	$	3.50
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$	7.00
Fixed selling expense	$	5.50
Fixed administrative expense	$	4.50
Sales commissions	$	3.00
Variable administrative expense	$	2.50

Required:

1. Assume the cost object is units of production:

a. What is the total direct manufacturing cost incurred to make 32,500 units?

b. What is the total indirect manufacturing cost incurred to make 32,500 units?

2. Assume the cost object is the Manufacturing Department and that its total output is 32,500 units.

a. How much total manufacturing cost is directly traceable to the Manufacturing Department?

b. How much total manufacturing cost is an indirect cost that cannot be easily traced to the Manufacturing Department?

3. Assume the cost object is the company’s various sales representatives. Furthermore, assume that the company spent $146,250 of its total fixed selling expense on advertising and the remainder of the total fixed selling expense comprised the fixed portion of the company's sales representatives’ compensation.

a. When the company sells 32,500 units, what is the total direct selling expense that can be readily traced to individual sales representatives?

b. When the company sells 32,500 units, what is the total indirect selling expense that cannot be readily traced to individual sales representatives?

Answer 1

Answer-1(a):

Total direct manufacturing cost incurred to make 32,500 units = ($9.00 + 6.00) × 32,500 = $487,500

Answer-1(b):

Total indirect manufacturing cost incurred to make 32,500 units = ($3.50 + 7.00) × 32,500 = $341,250

Answer-2(a):

Total manufacturing cost is directly traceable to the Manufacturing Department = ($9.00 + 6.00 + 3.50 + 7.00) × 32,500 = $828,750

Answer-2(b):

Total manufacturing cost is an indirect cost that cannot be easily traced to the Manufacturing Department = $0

There is no indirect manufacturing cost that cannot be easily traced to the Manufacturing Department

Answer-3(a):

Total sales commission = $3.00 × 32,500 = $97,500

Fixed portion of sales representative compensation = ($5.50 × 32,500) - 146,250 = $32,500

Total direct selling expense that can be readily traced to individual sales representatives = $97,500 + 32,500 = $130,000

Answer-3(b):

Total indirect selling expense that cannot be readily traced to individual sales representatives = $146,250