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   14,900   21,600   36,500 Revenues $ 1,950,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 3,950,000 Engineering hours   10,125   8,125   18,250 Engineering cost $ 830,625 $ 948,750 $ 1,779,375 Administrative costs         $ 1,423,500     Required: a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the engineering hours to allocate administrative costs. b. Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service? Required A Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the engineering hours to allocate administrative costs.         Predetermined overhead rate              per engineering-hour   Required B   Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service?         Service Profit Toot!                 TiX

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Exercise 6-45 (Algo) Predetermined Overhead Rates and Product Profitability (LO 6-3, 4)

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   14,900   21,600   36,500
Revenues $ 1,950,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 3,950,000
Engineering hours   10,125   8,125   18,250
Engineering cost $ 830,625 $ 948,750 $ 1,779,375
Administrative costs         $ 1,423,500
 

 
Required:

a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the engineering hours to allocate administrative costs.

b. Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service?

  • Required A

Compute the predetermined overhead rate used to apply administrative costs to the two services assuming SMI uses the engineering hours to allocate administrative costs.

 
 
 
 
Predetermined overhead rate              per engineering-hour
 
  • Required B
 

Based on the rates computed in requirement (a), what is the profit for each service?

 
 
 
 
Service Profit
Toot!                
TiX  
 
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