X Company has two production departments, 1 and 2. Listed below are budgeted information for the two departments, and actual information for one of its products, Product X: Department 1 All Products Product X Overhead $4,320,000 - Direct labor $600,000 $10,800 Direct labor hours 55,000 925 Machine hours 100,000 1,020 Units produced 56,000 650 Department 2 Overhead $2,530,000 - Direct labor $600,000 $3,840 Direct labor hours 55,000 345 Machine hours 133,000 850 Units produced 32,000 650 Using a plant-wide allocation system with direct labor hours as the cost driver, what was the allocation to Product X?

At the beginning of the period, the Fabricating Department budgeted direct labor of 72,000 and equipment depreciation of 18,500 for 2,400 hours of production. The department actually completed 2,350 hours of production. Determine the budget for the department, assuming that it uses flexible budgeting.

Douglas Davis, controller for Marston, Inc., prepared the following budget for manufacturing costs at two different levels of activity for 20X1: During 20X1, Marston worked a total of 80,000 direct labor hours, used 250,000 machine hours, made 32,000 moves, and performed 120 batch inspections. The following actual costs were incurred: Marston applies overhead using rates based on direct labor hours, machine hours, number of moves, and number of batches. The second level of activity (the right column in the preceding table) is the practical level of activity (the available activity for resources acquired in advance of usage) and is used to compute predetermined overhead pool rates. Required: 1. Prepare a performance report for Marstons manufacturing costs in the current year. 2. Assume that one of the products produced by Marston is budgeted to use 10,000 direct labor hours, 15,000 machine hours, and 500 moves and will be produced in five batches. A total of 10,000 units will be produced during the year. Calculate the budgeted unit manufacturing cost. 3. One of Marstons managers said the following: Budgeting at the activity level makes a lot of sense. It really helps us manage costs better. But the previous budget really needs to provide more detailed information. For example, I know that the moving materials activity involves the use of forklifts and operators, and this information is lost when only the total cost of the activity for various levels of output is reported. We have four forklifts, each capable of providing 10,000 moves per year. We lease these forklifts for five years, at 10,000 per year. Furthermore, for our two shifts, we need up to eight operators if we run all four forklifts. Each operator is paid a salary of 30,000 per year. Also, I know that fuel costs about 0.25 per move. Assuming that these are the only three items, expand the detail of the flexible budget for moving materials to reveal the cost of these three resource items for 20,000 moves and 40,000 moves, respectively. Based on these comments, explain how this additional information can help Marston better manage its costs. (Especially consider how activity-based budgeting may provide useful information for non-value-added activities.)

Nashler Company has the following budgeted variable costs per unit produced: Budgeted fixed overhead costs per month include supervision of 98,000, depreciation of 76,000, and other overhead of 245,000. Required: 1. Prepare a flexible budget for all costs of production for the following levels of production: 160,000 units, 170,000 units, and 175,000 units. 2. What is the per-unit total product cost for each of the production levels from Requirement 1? (Round each unit cost to the nearest cent.) 3. What if Nashler Companys cost of maintenance rose to 0.22 per unit? How would that affect the unit product costs calculated in Requirement 2?

Bach Instruments Inc. makes three musical instruments: flutes, clarinets, and oboes. The budgeted factory overhead cost is 2,948,125. Overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of direct labor hours. The products have the following budgeted production volume and direct labor hours per unit: a. Determine the single plant wide overhead rate. b. Use the overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-unit overhead allocated to each of the three products, rounded to the nearest dollar.

Preparing a performance report Use the flexible budget prepared in P7-6 for the 31,000-unit level and the actual operating results listed below for the 31,000-unit level. Required: 1. Prepare a performance report. 2. List the major reasons why the actual operating income at 31,000 units differs from the master budget operating income at 30,000 units in Figure 7-12. 3. Given the level at which the company operated, how was its cost control? Item Direct materials: Direct labor:

Preparing a performance report Use the flexible budget prepared in P7-6 for the 29,000-unit level of activity and the actual operating results listed below for the 29,000- unit level. Required: 1. Prepare a performance report. 2. List the major reasons why the actual operating income at 29,000 units differs from the master budget operating income at 30,000 units in Figure 7-12. 3. Given the level at which the company operated, how was its cost control? Item Direct materials: Direct labor:

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Westmore Company has two service departments and two operating departments. Budgeted costs and other data relating to these departments are presented below:Building Operating Department& Grounds Personnel A BDepartmental costs ..... $54,000 $200,000 $650,000 $800,000Square feet occupied ... 1,000 3,000 12,000 15,000Number of employees .... 10 5 45 55Direct labor­hours ..... 76,000 92,000The costs of Building & Grounds are allocated first on the basis of square feet of space occupied. Personnel costs are allocated on the basis of numberof employees. The departmental costs for the operating departments are overhead costs. Predetermined overhead rates in the operating departments are computed on the basis of direct labor­hours.Assume that the company uses the direct method of allocating service department costs. The predetermined overhead rate that would be used in Department B would be closest to:a. $11.50/DLH.b. $12.00/DLH.c. $10.00/DLH.d. $10.22/DLH.

Motorcade Company has three service departments (S1, S2, and S3) and two production departments (P1 and P2). The following data relate to Motorcade's allocation of service department costs: Round to two decimal places.       Budgeted Costs Nbr of Employees     S1 $3,120,000 75     S2 2,320,000 50     S3 1,000,000 25     P1   150     P2   225     Service department costs are allocated by the direct method. The number of employees is used as the allocation base for all service department costs       Calculate the total service department cost allocated to production department P1