Question

Poskey Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity based costing system: Costs: Wages and salaries $ 349,000 Depreciation 290,000 Utilities 199,000 Total $ 838,000 Distribution of resource consumption: Activity Cost Pools Assembly Setting Up Other Total Wages and salaries 65% 20% 15% 100% Depreciation 35% 20% 45% 100% Utilities 15% 75% 10% 100% How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Assembly activity cost pool?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\left[\begin{array}{cccccc}&Cost&Assembly&Setting Up&Other&Total\\wages&349,000&226,850&69,800&52,350&349,000\\Depreciation&290,000&101,500&58,000&130,500&290,000&Utilities&199,000&29,850&149,250&19,900&199,000&Total&838,000&358,200&277,050&202,750&838,000&\end{array}\right]$

Explanation:

We mulitply each line by the stated percent of each activity

for example

Setting Up % x Utilities= Utilities cost assigned to setting up

199,000x 75% = 149,250

Assembly % Depreciation= Depreciation cost assigned to assembly

35% x 290,000 = 101,500

This process must be done to assign each portion of cost.