Jones Manufacturing Has Used Activity Based Costing to Assign Costs

question 108

Multiple Choice

Jones manufacturing has used activity based costing to assign costs to Models X and Y as given in the table below:
$\begin{array}{lrr}& \text { ModelX } & \text { ModelY } \\\text { Units produced } & 24,000 & 30,000 \\\text { Machine hours } & 7,500 & 8,500 \\\text { Direct labour hours } & 8,000 & 12,000 \\\text { Material handling (number of moves) } & 4,000 & 6,000 \\\text { Setups } & 5,000 & 7,000 \\\text { Purchase orders } & 30 & 40 \\\text { nspections } & 10,000 & 14,000 \\\text { Product line variatinns. } & 8 & 12\end{array}$
The following overhead costs are reported for the following activities of the production process:
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Material handling } & \$ 40,000 \\\text { Labour-related overhead } & 120,000 \\\text { Setups } & 60,000 \\\text { Product design } & 100,000 \\\text { Batch inspections } & 120,000 \\\text { Central purchasing } & 70,000\end{array}$ Jones manufacturing has used activity based costing to assign costs to Models X and Y as given in the table below:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|r|}\hline\text { Activity } & \text { Cost } & & \text { Pool } & \text { Model } & \text { Model X } & \text { Model } & \text { Model Y } \\&\text { Pool } & \text { Driver } & \text { Rate } & \text { X }& \text { Cost } & \text { Y } & \text { Cost } & \text { Total } \\&&&&\text { Activity } & & \text { Activity } & &\\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Material } \\\text { handling }\end{array} & \$ 40,000 & 10,000 & \$ 4 & 4,000 & \$ 16,000 & 6,000 & \$ 24,000 & \$ 40,000 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Labour- } \\\text { related } \\\text { overhead }\end{array} & \$ 120,000 & 20,000 & \$ 6 & 8,000 & \$ 48,000 & 12,000 & \$ 72,000 & \$ 120,000 \\\hline \text { Setups } & \$ 60,000 & 12,000 & \$ 5 & 5,000 & \$ 25,000 & 7,000 & \$ 35,000 & \$ 60,000 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Product } \\\text { design }\end{array} & \$ 100,000 & 20 & \$ 5,000 & 8 & \$ 40,000 & 12 & \$ 60,000 & \$ 100,000 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Batch } \\\text { inspections }\end{array} & \$ 120,000 & 24,000 & \$ 5 & 10,000 & \$ 50,000 & 14,000 & \$ 70,000 & \$ 120,000 \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Central } \\\text { purchasing }\end{array} & \$ 70,000 & 70 & \$ 1,000 & 30 & \$ 30,000 & 40 & \$ 40,000 & \$ 70,000 \\\hline \text { Total } & & & & & \$ 209,000 & & \$ 301,000 & \$ 510,000\\\hline\end{array}$ Jones Manufacturing wants to implement an approximately relevant ABC system by using the two most expensive activities for cost assignment.
-Refer to the figure.Under this new approach using consumption ratios for labour-related and machine hours,what would the overhead assigned to labour-related activities be (rounded to two decimal places) ?

• A)$102,546.50
• B)$120,000.00
• C)$255,000.00
• D)$435,820.50

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Definitions:

Cost Reconciliation

The process of matching and comparing costs from multiple sources of data to ensure consistency and accuracy in financial records.

Production Report

A document that summarizes the activities, outputs, and status of production processes within a specific period.

First-In-First-Out (FIFO)

An inventory valuation method where the cost of goods sold is based on the cost of the earliest purchased materials, while the cost of ending inventory is based on the cost of the latest purchased materials.

Equivalent Unit

An equivalent unit is a measure used in cost accounting to represent completed units of production in a period, which takes into account both fully completed and partially completed goods.