Using direct labour-hours as the only overhead cost driver


Questions - Answer the following questions using the information below:  

Q1. Tiger Pride produces two product lines: T-shirts and Sweatshirts. Product profitability is analysed as follows:


T-SHIRTS

SWEATSHIRTS

Production and sales volume

60,000 units

35,000 units

Selling price

$16.00

$29.00

Direct material

$2.00

$5.00

Direct labour

$4.50

$7.20

Manufacturing overhead

$2.00

$3.00

GROSS PROFIT

$7.50

$13.80

Selling and administrative

$4.00

$7.00

OPERATING PROFIT

$3.50

$6.80

Tiger Pride's managers have decided to revise their current assignment of overhead costs to reflect the following ABC cost information:

Activity

Activity Cost

Activity-cost driver

Supervision

$100,920

Direct labour hours (DLH)

Inspection

$124,000

Inspections

Activities demanded:

T-SHIRTS

SWEATSHIRTS

0.75 DLH/unit

1.2 DLH/unit

45,000 DLHs

42,000 DLHs

60,000 inspections

17,500 inspections

Under the revised ABC system, overhead costs per unit for the Sweatshirts will be:

$2.19 per unit

$1.60 per unit

$1.39 per unit

$2.47 per unit   

Q2. Gregory Enterprises has identified three cost pools to allocate overhead costs. The following estimates are provided for the coming year:

Cost Pool

Overhead Costs

Cost driver

Activity level

Supervision of direct labour

$320,000

Direct labour hours

800,000

Machine maintenance

$120,000

Machine-hours

960,000

Facility rent

$200,000

Square feet of area

100,000

Total overhead costs

$640,000



The accounting records show the Mossman Job consumed the following resources:

Cost driver

Actual level

Direct labour-hours

200

Machine-hours

1,600

Square feet of area

50

Using direct labour-hours as the only overhead cost driver, what is the amount of overhead costs allocated to the Mossman Job?

$160

$125

$240

$120

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