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 8,900 16,600 25,500 Revenues $ 1,450,000 $ 1,200,000 $ 2,650,000 Engineering hours 7,375 5,375 12,750 Engineering cost $ 402,500 $ 521,875 $ 924,375 Administrative costs $ 739,500 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: See explanation

Explanation:

a. Predetermined overhead rate will be:

= Administrative costs/Number of users

= 739,500/25,500

= $29 per user

Administrative costs applied to Toot will be:

= Number of users x Predetermined overhead rate

= 8900 x 29

= $258100

Administrative costs applied to Tix will be:

= Number of users x Predetermined overhead rate

= 16600 x 29

= $481400

b. For Toot

Revenue: $1,450,000

Less: Engineering cost: $402,500

Less: Administrative cost: $258,100

Profit = $789400

For Tix:

Revenue: $1,200,000

Less: Engineering cost: $521,875

Less: Administrative cost: $481,400

Profit = $196725