Question

Social Media, Inc. (SMI) has two services for users. Toot!, which connects tutors with students who are looking for tutoring services, and TiX, which can be used to buy, sell, or exchange event tickets. For the following year, SMI expects the following results. Toot! TiX Total Users 17,900 24,100 42,000 Revenues $ 2,200,000 $ 2,400,000 $ 4,600,000 Engineering hours 11,500 9,500 21,000 Engineering cost $ 1,096,250 $ 1,213,750 $ 2,310,000 Administrative costs $ 1,848,000 Required: a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the number of users to allocate administrative costs. b. Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service

Answer 1

Answer:

Instructions are below.

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Toot! TiX Total

Users 17,900 24,100 42,000

Administrative costs $ 1,848,000

We need to allocate administrative costs to each product. First, we need to calculate the predetermined overhead rate:

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= 1,848,000/42,000

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate=  $44 per user

Now, we allocate overhead:

Allocated MOH= Estimated manufacturing overhead rate* Actual amount of allocation base

Toot!= 44*17,900= 787,600

TiX= 44*24,100= 1,060,400

Finally, the gross profit for each service:

Toot!:

Revenue= 2,200,000

Engineering cost= (1,096,250)

Administrative cost= (787,600)

Profit= $316,150

TiX:

Revenues= 2,400,000

Engineering cost= (1,213,750)

Administrative cost= (1,060,400)

Profit= $125,850