Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment
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ISBN: 9781259569562
Author: Ronald W Hilton Proffesor Prof, David Platt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 37P
Antioch Extraction, which mines ore in Montana, uses a calendar year for both financial -reporting and tax purposes. The following selected costs were incurred in December, the low point of activity, when 1,500 tons of ore were extracted:
*Incurred only in December.
Peak activity of 2,600 tons occurred in June, resulting in mining labor/fringe benefit costs of $598,000, royalties of $201,000, and trucking and hauling outlays of $325,000. The trucking and hauling outlays exhibit the following behavior:
Antioch uses the high-low method to analyze costs.
Required:
- 1. Classify the five costs listed in terms of their behavior: variable, step-variable, committed fixed, discretionary fixed, step-fixed, or semivariable. Show calculations to support your answers for mining labor/
fringe benefits and royalties. - 2. Calculate the total cost for next February when 1,650 tons are expected to be extracted.
- 3. Comment on the cost-effectiveness of hauling 1,500 tons with respect to Antioch’s trucking/hauling cost behavior. Can the company’s effectiveness be improved? How?
- 4. Distinguish between committed and discretionary fixed costs. If Antioch were to experience severe economic difficulties, which of the two types of fixed costs should management try to cut? Why?
- 5. Speculate as to why the company’s charitable contribution cost arises only in December.
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