E4-1 Wilkins Inc. has two types of handbags: standard and custom. The controller has decided to use a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor costs. The president has heard of activity-based costing and wants to see how the results would differ if this system were used. Two activity cost pools were developed: machining and machine setup. Presented below is information related to the company’s operations.
|
Standard |
Custom |
|
|
Direct labor costs |
$50,000 |
$100,000 |
|
Machine hours |
1,000 |
1,000 |
|
Setup hours |
100 |
400 |
Total estimated overhead costs are $270,000 Overhead cost allocated to the machining activity cost pool is $170,000 and $100,000 is allocated to the machine setup activity cost pool.
Instructions:
(a) Compute the overhead rate using the traditional (plantwide) approach.
(b) Compute the overhead rates using the activity-based costing approach.
(c) Determine the difference in allocation between the two approaches.
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