In the Activity Based Costing system, second-stage cost drivers are known as
Activity Drivers
Transaction Drivers
Costing Drivers
Resource Drivers
2) Which one is correct? Our book is;
Management & Cost Accounting, written by Colin DRURY
Management & Cost Accounting, written by Calvin DRURY
Cost Accounting, written by Colin DRURY
Management Accounting, written by Calvin DRURY
1. Answer A ( activity drivers)
Activity based costing cosists two stages
In the first stage, it identifies different activities to allocate
In the second stage, allocate the cost to appropriate activity (ie activity driver)
2. Answer A ( Management & Cost Accounting, written by Colin DRURY)
In the Activity Based Costing system, second-stage cost drivers are known as Activity Drivers Transaction Drivers...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs: Equipment depreciation $ 110,000 Supervisory expense $ 6,900 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling Other Equipment depreciation 0.40 0.30 0.30 Supervisory expense 0.40 0.20 0.40 In the...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts equipment depreciation and supervisory expense to three activity cost pools-Machining Order Filling, and Other-based on resource consumption Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense $88,000 $12,700 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling 0.50 9.30 0.5e 0.29 Other @.20 0.30 In the...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other-- based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs: 3.33 points (8 Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense $22,000 $ 6,000 01:54:13 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Activity Cost Pools Order Filling 0.30 0.20 Machining 0.50 0.50 Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense Other...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs: Equipment depreciation $ 28,000 Supervisory expense $ 14,100 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling Other Equipment depreciation 0.50 0.30 0.20 Supervisory expense 0.50 0.20 0.30 In the...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs: Equipment depreciation $ 35,000 Supervisory expense $ 12,000 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling Other Equipment depreciation 0.40 0.30 0.30 Supervisory expense 0.40 0.20 0.40 In the...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs: Equipment depreciation $ 51,000 Supervisory expense $ 11,300 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling Other Equipment depreciation 0.50 0.20 0.30 Supervisory expense 0.50 0.10 0.40 In the...
Doede Corporation uses activity-based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts--equipment depreciation and supervisory expense--to three activity cost pools--Machining, Order Filling, and Other--based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below. Overhead costs: Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense $39,000 $ 9,200 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling 0.60 0.30 0.60 0.20 Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense Other 0.10 0.20 In the second...
Deemer Corporation has an activity based costing system with three activity cost pools Processing Supervising and Other in the first stage allocations, costs in the two overhead accounts, equipment expense and Indirect laborare allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption Data used in the first stage allocations follow Overhead costs: Equipment expense Indirect labor $99.00 $12,780 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools Activity Cost Pools Processing Supervising Equipment expense Indirect labor Processing costs are...
Doede Corporation uses activity based costing to compute product margins. In the first stage, the activity-based costing system allocates two overhead accounts-equipment depreciation and supervisory expense-to three activity cost pools--Machining. Order Filling, and Other-based on resource consumption. Data to perform these allocations appear below: Overhead costs: Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense $70,000 $13,300 Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools: Equipment depreciation Supervisory expense Activity Cost Pools Machining Order Filling 0.50 0.30 0.50 0.20 Other 0.20 0.30 In the second...
Activity-based management (ABM) is defined as: The implementation of an activity-based costing system in a service company, such as a management consulting firm The identification and selection of activities to minimize the value of the activities while maximizing their cost from the perspective of the final consumer of the product or service. The process of identifying the cost drivers to be used in calculating the per-activity rate for each cost pool in an activity-based costing system. The identification and selection...