Question

Skyline Florists uses an activity-based costing system to compute the cost of making floral bouquets and delivering the bouquets to its commercial customers. Company personnel who earn $180,000 typically perform both tasks; other firm-wide overhead is expected to total $70,000. These costs are allocated as follows:
Bouquet Production Delivery Other
Wages and salaries 60% 30% 10%
Other overhead 50% 35% 15%


Riverside anticipates making 20,000 bouquets and 4,000 deliveries in the upcoming year. The cost of wages and salaries and other overhead that would be charged to each bouquet made is closest to:

a. $12.50.
b. $7.15.
c. some other amount.
d. $8.75.
e. $13.75.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. $7.15

Explanation:

Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = [($180,000*60%) + ($70,000*50%)] / 20,000

Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = ($108,000 + $35,000) / 20,000

Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = $143,000 / 20,000

Cost of wages & salaries per bouquet = $7.15

So, the cost of wages and salaries and other overhead that would be charged to each bouquet made will be $7.15.