SUNY Empire State College Cost Accounting Discussion

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Question 5-38 is a review question that I need to answer so I can complete my assignment. It requires identifying the cost hierarchy, the cost drivers for each category, and calculating budgeted costs. The entire problem and requirements are on the attachment.

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Pates for each of the five activity areas. 3. Use the activity-based costing information to allocate the $301,080 of “other operating costs" to each of the market segments. Compute the operating income for each market segment. 4. Comment on the results. What new insights are available with the activity-based costing information? 5-38 Choosing cost drivers, activity-based costing, activity-based management. Pastel Bags (PB) is a designer of high-quality backpacks and purses. Each design is made in small batches. Each spring, PB comes out with new designs for the backpack and for the purse. The company uses these designs for a year and then moves on to the next trend. The bags are all made on the same fabrication equipment that is expected to operate at capacity. The equipment must be switched over to a new design and set up to prepare for the pro- duction of each new batch of products. When completed, each batch of products is immediately shipped to a wholesaler. Shipping costs vary with the number of shipments. Budgeted information for the year is as follows: Pastel Bags Budget for Costs and Activities For the Year Ended February 28, 2017 Direct materials—purses Direct materials-backpacks Direct manufacturing labor-purses Direct manufacturing labor-backpacks Setup Shipping Design Plant utilities and administration Total $ 319,155 454,995 99,000 113,000 64,000 73,000 169,000 221,000 $1,513,150 TEATER THE ASSIGNMENT MATERIAL 193 Other budget information follows: ਹੈ ਕਿ 9& E3 82 ਏ ਏ ਤੇ ਡੀ ਏda des TEGREERS NEED Backpacks Purses Total Number of bags 6,175 3,075 9,250 er Hours of production 1,665 2,585 4,250 Todo Number of batches 120 80 200 Number of designs 2 2 4 Required 1. Identify the cost hierarchy level for each cost category. Lee 2. Identify the most appropriate cost driver for each cost category. Explain briefly your choice of cost driver. 3. Calculate the budgeted cost per unit of cost driver for each cost category. 4. Calculate the budgeted total costs and cost per unit for each product line. 5. Explain how you could use the information in requirement 4 to reduce costs. 5-39 ABC, health care. Crosstown Health Center runs two programs: drug addict rehabilitation and after- care (counseling and support of patients after release from a mental hospital). The center's budget for 2017 follows. Professional salaries: 4 physicians x $150,000 $600,000 12 psychologists x $75,000 900,000 16 nurses X $30,000 HECHT 480,000 $1,980,000 Medical supplies 242,000 Rent and clinic maintenance 138,600 Administrative costs to manage patient charts, food, laundry 484,000 Laboratory services 92,400 Total $2,937,000 Kim Yu, the director of the center, is keen on determining the cost of each program. Yu compiles the follow- ing data describing employee allocations to individual programs: 12 Drug Aftercare Total Employees Physicians 4 4 Psychologists 4 8 Nurses 6 10 16 Yu has recently become aware of activity-based costing as a method to refine costing systems. She asks her accountant, Gus Gates, how she should apply this technique. Gates obtains the following budgeted information for 2017:
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5-8 Choosing Cost drivers, activi
1.
Pastel Bags
Budget for Costs and Activities
For the Year Ended February 28, 2017
Direct materials -purses
$319.155
Direct materials- backpacks
454.995
Direct manufacturing labor -purses
99.000
Direct manufacturing labor -backpacks
113.000
Setup
64.000
Shipping
73.000
Design
169.000
Plant utilities and administration
221.000
Total
$1.513.150

2.

Other Budget information follows:
Number of bags
Hours of production
Number of batches
Number of designs

Backpacks
6.175
1.665
120
2

Purses
3.075
2.585
80
2

Total
9.250
4.250
200
4

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