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Question

Harcourt Pharmaceuticals manufactures an over-the-counter allergy medication. The company sells both large commercial containers of 1,000 capsules to health care facilities and travel packs of 20 capsules to shops in airports, train stations, and hotels. The following information has been developed to determine if an activity-based costing system would be beneficial:


       Activity                     Estimated                                          Estimated Quantity

                                      Indirect Cost           Allocation Base   of Allocation Base

Materials handling           \( 96,000     Number of kilos                      24,000 kilos

Packaging                          210,000    Number of machine hours      3,000 hours

Quality assurance             114,000    Number of samples             1,900 samples

Total indirect costs        \) 420,000

 

Other production information includes the following:

                                            Commercial Containers                   Travel Packs

Units produced                          2,800 containers                       51,000 packs

Weight in kilos                            9,800                                           5,100

Machine hours                            1,960                                              510

Number of samples                       560                                              765

 

Requirements

2. Compute the predetermined overhead allocation rate for each activity.

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate


Material Handling: $4

Packaging: $70

Quality Assurance: $60

1Step-by-Step-Solution Step 1: Material handling

Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate=Total Material Handling CostTotal no. of kilos                                     =$96,00024,000                          =$4



2Step 2: Packaging

Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate=Total Packaging CostTotal no. machine hour                                                                =$210,0003,000                                                                =$70

3Step 3: Quality Assurance


Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate=Total Quality Assurance CostTotal no. of samples                                                                  =$114,0001,900                                                                  =$60