Question

Evert Company makes two types of circuit boards. One is a high-caliber board designed to accomplish the most demanding tasks; the other is a low-caliber board designed to provide limited service at an affordable price. During its most recent accounting period, Evert incurred $540,000 of inspection cost. Evert recently established an activity-based costing system that classifies its activities into four categories. Categories and appropriate cost drivers follow: Direct Labor Hours Number of Batches Number of Inspectors Number of Square Feet High caliber 6,000 20 3 30,000 Low caliber 21,000 20 2 70,000 Total 27,000 40 5 100,000 Required Allocate the inspection cost between the two products assuming that it is driven by (a) unit-level activities, (b) batch-level activities, (c) product-level activities, or (d) facility-level activities. Note that each allocation represents a separate alternative. In other words, the $540,000 of inspection cost will be allocated four times, once for each cost driver. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Answer 1

Answer:

The calculation is shown below:-

Explanation:

a. Unit-level activities

Total direct labor hours = 27,000

Total inspection cost = $540,000

Per direct labor hours cost = $540,000 ÷ 27,000

= $20

Allocations

High caliber = 6,000 × $20

= $120,000

Low caliber = 21,000 × $20

= $420,000

b. Batch-level activities

Total number of batches = 40

Total inspection cost = $540,000

Cost per batch = $540,000 ÷ 40

= $13,500

Allocations

High caliber = $13,500 × 20

= $270,000

Low caliber = $13,500 × 20

= $270,000

c. Product-level activities

Total number of inspections = 5

Total inspection cost = $540,000

Cost per inspections = $540,000 ÷ 5

= $108,000

Allocation

High caliber = $108,000 × 3

= $324,000

Low Caliber = $108,000 × 2

= $216,000

d. Facility-level activities

Total number of square feet = 100,000

Total inspection cost = $540,000

Cost per square feet = $540,000 ÷ 100,000

= $5.4

Allocation

High caliber = 30,000 × $5.4

= $162,000

Low caliber = 70,000 × $5.4

= $378,000