Question

Hochberg Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools: Activity Cost Pool Total Activity Fabrication 50,000 machine-hours Order processing 625 orders Other Not applicable The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs: Wages and salaries $ 461,000 Depreciation 123,000 Occupancy 207,000 Total $ 791,000 The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below: Activity Cost Pools Fabricating Order Processing Other Total Wages and salaries 15% 65% 20% 100% Depreciation 15% 40% 45% 100% Occupancy 20% 75% 5% 100% The activity rate for the Fabrication activity cost pool is closest to:

Answer 1

Answer:

$2.58 per machine hour

Explanation:

The computation of the fabrication activity cost pool activity rate is

= ($461,000 × 15%) + ($123,000 × 15%) + ($207,000 × 20%) ÷ 50,000 machine hours

= ($69,150 + $18,450 + $41,400) ÷ 50,000 machine hours

= $2.58 per machine hour