Asked by Hoala Chock on Apr 27, 2024
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Vito Corporation manufactures two products: Product F77I and Product I48D. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. It is considering implementing an activity-based costing (ABC) system that allocates its manufacturing overhead to four cost pools. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Products F77I and I48D.
Required:a. What is the company's plantwide overhead rate?b. Using the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overhead cost would be allocated to Product F77I?c. Using the plantwide overhead rate, what percentage of the total overhead cost is allocated to Product I48D?
Activity-Based Costing
A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, providing a more accurate reflection of the costs incurred by products or services.
Plantwide Overhead Rate
A single overhead rate calculated by dividing total indirect costs by total base units, used throughout an entire manufacturing plant.
Manufacturing Overhead
All indirect costs associated with manufacturing, not including direct materials and direct labor.
- Analyze the allocation of manufacturing overhead using plantwide and activity-based costing rates.
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b. Using the plantwide overhead rate, the manufacturing overhead cost that would be allocated to Product F77I is computed as follows:
c. Using the plantwide overhead rate, the manufacturing overhead cost that would be allocated to Product I48D is computed as follows:
The percentage of the total overhead cost allocated to Product I48D is computed as follows:
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the allocation of manufacturing overhead using plantwide and activity-based costing rates.
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