Compute and describe overhead cost per unit for each product

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Question - Case - Car Tools Pty Ltd has five activity cost pools and two products. It expects to produce 200,000 units of its automobile scissors jack and 80,000 units of its truck hydraulic jack. Having identified its actitivy cost pools and the cost drivers for each cost pool, Car tools Pty Ltd accumulated the following data relative to those activity cost pools and cost drivers.

Annual overhead data

Activity cost pools

Cost drivers

Estimated overhead

Ordering and receiving

Purchase orders

$200,000

Machine setup

Setups

$600,000

Machining

Machine hours

$2,000,000

Assembling

Parts

$1,800,000

Inspecting and testing

Tests

$700,000

 

Total

$5,300,000

Expected use of cost drivers per product

Expected use of cost driver per activity

Scissors Jacks

Hydraulic Jacks

2,500 orders

1,000

1,500

1,200 orders

500

700

800,000 hours

300,000

500,000

3,000,000 parts

1,800,000

1,200,000

35,000 tests

20,000

15,000

Required - Using the above data, do the following:

1. Prepare a schedule showing the computation of the activity-based costing overhead rate per cost driver.

2. Prepare a schedule assigning each activity's overhead cost to the two products.

3. Compute and describe the overhead cost per unit for each product.

4. Explain on the comparative overhead cost per unit.

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