Determine the total overhead cost assigned

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Question - (ABC) Briones Books is concerned about the pro?tability of its regular dic- tionaries. Company managers are considering producing only the top-quality, hand-sewn dictionaries with gold-edged pages. Briones is currently assigning the $2,000,000 of overhead costs to both types of dictionaries based on machine hours. Of the overhead, $800,000 is utilities related and the remainder is primarily related to quality control inspectors' salaries. The following information about the products is also available:

 

Regular Hand

Sewn Number

Produced

2,000,000

1,400,000

Machine hours

170,000

30,000

Inspection hours

10,000

50,000

Revenues

$6,400,000

$5,600,000

Direct costs

$5,000,000

$4,400,000

Required -

A. Determine the total overhead cost assigned to each type of dictionary using the current allocation system.

B. Determine the total overhead cost assigned to each type of dictionary if more appropriate cost drivers were used.

C. should the company stop producing the regular dictionaries? Explain.

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