Mcnamee Corporation's Activity-Based Costing System Has Three Activity Cost Pools--Fabricating

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Essay

Mcnamee Corporation's activity-based costing system has three activity cost pools--Fabricating, Setting Up, and Other. Costs in the Fabricating cost pool are assigned to products based on machine-hours (MHs) and costs in the Setting Up cost pool are assigned to products based on the number of batches. Costs in the Other cost pool are not assigned to products. The activity rate for Fabricating is $0.14 per MH; the activity rate for Setting Up is $3.30 per batch. The following table shows the machine-hours and number of batches associated with each of the company's two products:
Required:
Determine the amount of overhead cost that would be assigned to each product using activity-based costing.

Determine the impact of the equity method of accounting on intra-entity transactions.

Comprehend the treatment of unrecognized intra-entity gross profit in consolidation.

Understand the consequences of intra-entity transfers of depreciable assets and land on consolidated financial statements.

Master the computation of net income attributable to noncontrolling interest and equity in earnings.

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