WORKING PAPERS F/ FUND ACCOUNTING
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Author: Wild
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Chapter C, Problem 8DQ
To determine
Introduction:
Activity Based Costing
• Activity Based Costing is a method of cost allocation, whereby costs are assigned to activities performed and cost per unit of activity driver is calculated and assigned to units of activities performed.
• Activity drivers could be cost allocation units such as orders, batches, area occupied etc. Activity based costing favors cost allocation on the actual units of activity carried out as opposed to the standard method of
To Determine:
Cost pools for activity based costing in most organizations
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$150,000
$45,000
$71,000
Square footage
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5,400
5,400
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1. Allocate the overhead costs of the support departments to the producing departments using the reciprocal method.
(Round allocation ratios to two decimal places. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. If an amount is zero, enter
"0".)
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0
0
Number of receiving orders
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0
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0.34
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Receiving
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$
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