Question

1. Motorcade Company has three service departments (S1, S2, and S3) and two production departments (P1 and P2). The following data relate to Motorcade's allocation of service department costs: Round to two decimal places.
	Budgeted Costs	Nbr of Employees
S1	$3,040,000	75
S2	2,180,000	50
S3	1,000,000	25
P1		150
P2		225
Service department costs are allocated by the direct method. The number of employees is used as the allocation base for all service department costs

Calculate the total service department cost allocated to production department P1

2.

Each year, Sunshine Motos surveys 7,500 former and prospective customers regarding satisfaction and brand awareness. For the current year, the company is considering outsourcing the survey to Global Associates, who have offered to conduct the survey and summarize results for $30,900.Craig Sunshine, the president of Sunshine Motors, believes that Global will do a higher-quality job than his company has been doing, but is unwilling to spend more than $10,000 above the current costs. The head of bookkeeping for Sunshine has prepared the following summary of costs related to the survey in the prior year.

Mailing   $17,000                                                                     

Printing (done by Lester Print Shop)   $4,500

Salary of Pat Fisher, part-time employee who stuffed envelopes and summarized data when surveys were returned
       (100 hours X $15)  $1,500

Share of depreciation of computer and software used to track survey responses and summarized results.   $1,100

Share of electricity/phone/etc. based on square feet of space occupied by Pat Fisher vs. entire company.  $500

REQUIRED: What is the incremental cost of going outside versus conducting the survey as in the past?

Round to two decimal places.

3.

Howell Corporation produces an executive jet for which it currently manufactures a fuel valve; the cost of the valve is indicated below:

	Cost per Unit
Variable costs
Direct material	$940
Direct labor	600
Variable overhead	300
Fixed costs
Depreciation of equipment	500
Depreciation of building	275
Supervisory salaries	300

The company has an offer from Duvall Valves to produce the part for $2,000 per unit and supply 1,000 valves (the number needed in the coming year). If the company accepts this offer and shuts down production of valves, production workers and supervisors will be reassigned to other areas. The equipment cannot be used elsewhere in the company, and it has no market value. However, the space occupied by the production of the valve can be used by another production group that is currently leasing space for $55,000 per year.

What is the incremental savings of buying the valves? (The answer should be stated in a per-unit format and is a positive number)

Round to two decimal places.

Answer 1

Question No. - (1) - Answer -

Step - (1) - Information Given -

Motorcade Company has three service departments (S1, S2, and S3) and two production departments (P1 and P2). The following data relate to Motorcade's allocation of service department costs:

	Budgeted Costs	Number of Employees
S1	$3040000	75
S2	$2180000	50
S3	$1000000	25
P1	-	150
P2	-	225

Service department costs are allocated by the direct method. The number of employees is used as the allocation base for all service department costs.

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Step - (2) - Calculation of  total Service department cost allocated to Production department - P1

Service departments	Calculations	Production department - P1
S1	[ $3040000 * (150/(150+225) ]	$1216000
S2	[ $2180000 * (150/(150+225) ]	$872000
S3	[ $1000000 * (150/(150+225) ]	$400000
Total Service department cost allocated to Production department - P1		$2488000