Question

SecuriCorp operates a fleet of armored cars that make scheduled pickups and deliveries in the Los Angeles area. The company is implementing an activity-based costing system that has four activity cost pools: Travel, Pickup and Delivery, Customer Service, and Other. The activity measures are miles for the Travel cost pool, number of pickups and deliveries for the Pickup and Delivery cost pool, and number of customers for the Customer Service cost pool. The Other cost pool has no activity measure because it is an organization-sustaining activity. The following costs will be assigned using the activity-based costing system: Driver and guard wages Vehicle operating expense Vehicle depreciation Customer representative salaries and expenses Office expenses Administrative expenses Total cost $ 920,000 350,000 230,000 260,000 120,000 420,000 $ 2,300,000 The distribution of resource consumption across the activity cost pools is as follows: Travel 50% 70% 60% Pickup and Delivery 35% 5% 15% Customer Service 10% ex Other 5% 25% 25% Totals 100% 100% 100% Driver and guard wages Vehicle operating expense Vehicle depreciation Customer representative salaries and expenses Office expenses Administrative expenses 90% 30% 60% 10% 50% 100% 100% 100% 5% 35% Required: Complete the first stage allocations of costs to activity cost pools. Pickup and Delivery Customer Service Travel Other Totals Driver and guard wages Vehicle operating expense Vehicle depreciation Customer representative salaries and expenses Office expenses Administrative expenses Total cost

Answer 1

	Travel	Pickup and Delivery	Customer Service	Other	Totals
Driver and guard wages	$460,000	$322,000	$92,000	$46,000	$920,000
Vehicle operating expense	$245,000	$17,500	$0	$87,500	$350,000
Vehicle depreciation	$138,000	$34,500	$0	$57,500	$230,000
Customer representative salaries and expenses	$0	$0	$234,000	$26,000	$260,000
Office expenses	$0	$24,000	$36,000	$60,000	$120,000
Administrative expenses	$0	$21,000	$252,000	$147,000	$420,000
Total Cost	$843,000	$419,000	$614,000	$424,000	$2,300,000
Working
	Travel	Pickup and Delivery	Customer Service	Other
Driver and guard wages	920,000*0.5	920,000*0.35	920,000*0.1	920,000*0.05
Vehicle operating expense	350,000*0.7	350,000*0.05	350,000*0	350,000*0.25
Vehicle depreciation	230,000*0.6	230,000*0.15	230,000*0	230,000*0.25
Customer representative salaries and expenses	260,000*0	260,000*0	260,000*0.9	260,000*0.1
Office expenses	120,000*0	120,000*0.2	120,000*0.3	120,000*0.5
Administrative expenses	420,000*0	420,000*0.05	420,000*0.6	420,000*0.35