1. Explain the role of activity drivers in assigning costs to products.
2. Why are the accounting requirements for job order costing more demanding than those of process costing?
3. Folio Glass produces custom glass platters. For one job, the trainee assigned to cut the glass set the template incorrectly into the computer. This template was unusable and had to be discarded; another template was cut to the correct dimensions. How is the cost of the spoiled template handled?
1. Explain the role of activity drivers in assigning costs to products. 2. Why are the accounting...
PA4-3 (Algo) Selecting Cost Drivers, Assigning Costs Using Activity Rates [LO 4-1, 4-3,4-4, 4-6 ] Harbour Company makes two models of electronic tablets, the Home and the Work. Basic production information follows: Home Work Direct materials cost per unit $ 39 $ 67 Direct labor cost per unit 15 36 Sales price per unit 362 580 Expected production per month 760 units 300 units Harbour has monthly overhead of $181,260, which is divided into the following cost pools: Setup costs...
Activity-Based Costing, Distorted Product Costs Sharp Paper Inc. has three paper mills, one of which is located in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis mill produces 300 different types of coated and uncoated specialty printing papers. Management was convinced that the value of the large variety of products more than offset the extra costs of the increased complexity. During 20X1, the Memphis mill produced 120,000 tons of coated paper and 80,000 tons of uncoated paper. Of the 200,000 tons produced, 180,000 were...