Deemer Corporation Has an Activity-Based Costing System with Three Activity

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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 labor, are allocated to the three activity cost pools based on resource consumption. Data used in the first stage allocations follow: Distribution of Resource Consumption Across Activity Cost Pools:
Processing costs are assigned to products using machine-hours (MHs) and Supervising costs are assigned to products using the number of batches. The costs in the Other activity cost pool are not assigned to products. Activity data for the company's two products follow:
Activity:
How much overhead cost is allocated to the Supervising activity cost pool under activity-based costing?

• A) $15,800
• B) $1,200
• C) $17,000
• D) $14,600

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Definitions:

Ending Inventory

The total value of a company's merchandise, raw materials, and finished and unfinished products which have not yet been sold at the end of an accounting period.

Purchases

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Consignee

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Consignor

The consignor is the party that owns goods or merchandise and entrusts them to another party, known as the consignee, for the purpose of sale.