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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

3. Use the predetermined overhead allocation rates to compute the activity-based costs per unit of the commercial containers and the travel packs. Round to two decimal places. (Hint: First compute the total activity-based costs allocated to each product line, and then compute the cost per unit.)

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

Activity-based cost per unit

For Commercial Containers: $75

For Travel Packs: $2

1Step-by-Step-Solution Step 1: Computation for Commercial containers

Material Handling Cost=Predetermined overhead allocation rate×Total weights of commercial container                                   =$4×9,800                                   =$39,200




Packaging Cost=Predetermined overhead allocation rate×Total machine hour by commercial container                         =$70×1,960                         =$137,200



Quality Assurance Cost=Predetermined overhead allocation rate×Total no. of samples by commercial container                                        =$60×560                                        =$33,600




Total Indirect cost for commercial containers=Material Handling Cost+Packaging Cost+Quality Assurance Cost                                                                          =$39,200+$137,200+33,600                                                                          =$210,000




Indirect Cost per unit=Total Indirect CostTotal Units Produced                                       =$210,0002,800                                        =$75

2Step 2: Computation for Travel Packs

Material Handling Cost=Predetermined overhead allocation rate×Total weights of Tavel packs                                     =$4×5,100                                     =$20,400



Packaging Cost=Predetermined overhead allocation rate×Total machine hour byTravel Pack                         =$70×510                         =$35,700



Quality Assurance Cost=Predetermined overhead allocation rate×Total no. of samples by Travel Pack                                       =$60×765                                       =$45,900





Total Indirect cost for commercial containers=Material Handling Cost+Packaging Cost+Quality Assurance Cost                                                                       =$20,400+$35,700+45,900                                                                       =$1,02,000



Indirect Cost per unit=Total Indirect CostTotal Units Produced                                     =$102,00051,000                                     =$2