Determine the amount of overhead

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Question:

Larkspur Corp. manufactures bird feeders. It currently has two product lines, the standard and the deluxe. Larkspur has a total of $184,060 in overhead.

The company has identified the following information about its overhead activity pools and the two product lines:

 

  Activity Pools

Cost Driver

Cost

Assigned

to Pool

Quantity Consumed

by

Standard

Quantity Consumed

by

Deluxe

  Material handling

Number of

  moves

 

$

2,440

 

19 moves

42 moves

  Quality control

Number of   inspections

 

$

33,120

 

190 inspections

155 inspections

  Machine

      maintenance

Number of

 machine hrs

 

$

148,500

 

4,600 machine hours

5,300 machine hours

 

Requirement 1:
Suppose Larkspur used a traditional costing system with machine hours as the cost driver. Determine the amount of overhead assigned to each product line.

Overhead assigned
Standard Model $
Deluxe Model $

Requirement 2:

Calculate the activity rates for each cost pool in Larkspur's ABC system.

Activity Rates
Material Handling $ per move
Quality Control $ per inspection
Maintenance $ per machine hour

Requirement 3:

Calculate the amount of overhead that Larkspur will assign to the standard line if it uses an ABC system.

Standard Model:
Material Handling $
Quality Control $
Maintenance $

Total Overhead Assigned $

Requirement 4:

Determine the amount of overhead Larkspur will assign to the deluxe line if it uses an ABC system. (Omit the "tiny_mce_markerquot; sign in your response.)

Deluxe Model:
Material Handling $
Quality Control $
Maintenance $

Total Overhead Assigned $

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