The Shoe Factory produces two types of shoes: Walking and Running. The following budgeted information is available: Running 12,000 $150 Units produced and sold Price per unit Direct material costs Direct labor costs Walking 10,000 $100 $140,000 $45,000 Production runs Machine hours 1,800 Total overhead costs are $1,910,000. The firm estimates these overhead costs consist of the following activities and has selected the following cost drivers for these activities: 50 $120,000 $31,400 400 150 Activity Cost Production setups Production runs $810,000 $1,100,000 Machine time Machine hours Assume all actual costs were equal to budgeted costs. a. What is the total cost for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated based on direct labor costs? b. What is the overhead allocation for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated using activity-based costing? c. Are the firm's total profits (including both shoe types) higher, lower, or the same if overhead is assigned using direct labor costs instead of activity-based costing? Justify your answer. Cost Driver
The Shoe Factory produces two types of shoes: Walking and Running. The following budgeted information is available: Running 12,000 $150 Units produced and sold Price per unit Direct material costs Direct labor costs Walking 10,000 $100 $140,000 $45,000 Production runs Machine hours 1,800 Total overhead costs are $1,910,000. The firm estimates these overhead costs consist of the following activities and has selected the following cost drivers for these activities: 50 $120,000 $31,400 400 150 Activity Cost Production setups Production runs $810,000 $1,100,000 Machine time Machine hours Assume all actual costs were equal to budgeted costs. a. What is the total cost for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated based on direct labor costs? b. What is the overhead allocation for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated using activity-based costing? c. Are the firm's total profits (including both shoe types) higher, lower, or the same if overhead is assigned using direct labor costs instead of activity-based costing? Justify your answer. Cost Driver
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![The Shoe Factory produces two types of shoes: Walking and Running. The following budgeted information is available:
Walking
Running
10,000
12,000
$100
$150
$140,000
$45,000
Units produced and sold
Price per unit
Direct material costs
Direct labor costs
Production runs
Machine hours
1,800
Total overhead costs are $1,910,000. The firm estimates these overhead costs consist of the following activities and has selected the following cost drivers for these activities:
50
400
$120,000
$31,400
150
Activity
Cost
Production setups
$810,000
$1,100,000
Machine time
Assume all actual costs were equal to budgeted costs.
a. What is the total cost for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated based on direct labor costs?
b. What is the overhead allocation for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated using activity-based costing?
c. Are the firm's total profits (including both shoe types) higher, lower, or the same if overhead is assigned using direct labor costs instead of activity-based costing? Justify your answer.
Cost Driver
Production runs
Machine hours](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Feb359d07-eca4-4426-9f90-7d97299ce282%2Fbb36dda5-b385-4347-8ef3-7e7ecdaec051%2Fz0ltmhc_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The Shoe Factory produces two types of shoes: Walking and Running. The following budgeted information is available:
Walking
Running
10,000
12,000
$100
$150
$140,000
$45,000
Units produced and sold
Price per unit
Direct material costs
Direct labor costs
Production runs
Machine hours
1,800
Total overhead costs are $1,910,000. The firm estimates these overhead costs consist of the following activities and has selected the following cost drivers for these activities:
50
400
$120,000
$31,400
150
Activity
Cost
Production setups
$810,000
$1,100,000
Machine time
Assume all actual costs were equal to budgeted costs.
a. What is the total cost for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated based on direct labor costs?
b. What is the overhead allocation for Walking shoes if overhead is allocated using activity-based costing?
c. Are the firm's total profits (including both shoe types) higher, lower, or the same if overhead is assigned using direct labor costs instead of activity-based costing? Justify your answer.
Cost Driver
Production runs
Machine hours
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