Traditional two-stage method of allocating overhead costs


Question 1. Information for Gifford, Inc., as of December 31 follow:

Administrative salaries-----------------------    $35,000               
Dpreciation of factory equipment------------     25,000               
Depreciation of delivery vehicles--------------     6,000               
Direct labor---------------------------------------- 68,000               
Factory supplied used----------------------------  -9,000               
Finished goods inventory, January 1----------    57,000               
Finished goods inventory, Dcember 31---            ?               
Factory insurance --------------------------------  15,500               
Interest Expense-----------------------------------12,000               
Factory utilities-------------------------------------14,000               
Factory maintenance--------------------------------7,500               
Raw materials inventory, January 1------------    5,000               
Raw materials inventory, December 31--------    4,000               
Raw material purchase -------------------------  125,000               
Rent on factory building--------------------------  25,000               
Repairs offactory equipment--------------------   11,500               
Sales comissions----------------------------------- 37,500               
Goods in process inventory, January 1----------   3,500               
Goods in process inventory, December 31-----     2,700

Prepare a manufacturing statement for the year ended December 31.                   

Question 2. The following cost items relate to the Brock Company. Classify each cost as a variable cost, a fixed cost, or a mixed cost placing an X in the appropirate clumn. Each cost should be evaluated in terms fo the volume of unites of finished products produced. Also indicate with an X for each item if it is a product cost or a period cost.





Variable, fixed, or mixed cost? Product of period cost?
Cost item                                                     Variable. Fixed Mixed Product, Period
Executive slarary                
Direct labors                
Direct materials                
Depreciation of manufacturing equipment            
Indirect labor                
Factory utilities                
Delivery expense                
Television advertising              
Indirect materials                

Question 3: Outdoor Sports, Inc., produces two types of skis, downhill skis and cross  country skis.

Product and production information about the two items is shown below:




Downhill skis Cross country skis
Number os sets sold.......                         75,000                       125,000
Number of setups...........                            200                                 50
Total direct labor hours...             150,000 hours           250,000 hours
Direct labor hours per unit..                 2   hours                      2  hours
Total machine hours----------            25,000 hours             100,000 hours
Machine hours per unit------            0,333   hours                  0,08  hours

Indirect costs consist of the following
Depreciation of factory equipement...          $2,000,000
Setup costs........................................                1,500,000
Miscellaneous indirect costs.............. 1,000,000
Total..................................................            $4,500,000

A. If Outdoor Sports uses the traditional two-stage method of allocating overhead costs based on direct labor hours, what is the amount of indirect costs per set of skis each of the two types of skis?                               
                               
B. If Outdoor Sports uses activity based costing, what is the total amount of indirect costs per set of skis for each of the two types of skis? Assume that depreciation is allocated based on machien hours, setup costs based on the number of setups, and miscellaneous costs based on the number of direct labor hours.

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