Overhead costs and cost drivers


Acme Enterprises has identified the following overhead costs and cost drivers for the coming year:

Budgeted direct labor cost was $200,000 and budgeted direct material cost was $300,000. The following information was collected on three jobs that were completed during the month:

Required:

a. If the company uses traditional costing and allocates overhead using direct labor cost, how much overhead cost should be assigned to Job A, B, and C?

b. If the company uses activity-based costing (ABC), how much overhead cost should be assigned to Job A, B, and C?

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