Loose Leaf for Fundamental Accounting Principles
Loose Leaf for Fundamental Accounting Principles
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ISBN: 9781259687709
Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine

(1)

Introduction:

Cost allocation of Overheads

• Cost allocation of Overheads takes place on basis of cost objects identified to enable cost allocation. Overheads refer to costs of operations and comprise of indirect costs in the form of selling and administrative expenses.

• Examples of Overheads are Salaries of administrative staff, rent of office, advertising expenses etc. The costs of the operations are allocated on basis of cost objects. Cost objects are units of cost allocation identified for overhead allocations and cost estimations.

• Examples of Cost objects for Overhead allocation are Number of units produced, number of labor hours worked etc.

Total Cost of Job if overheads are applied at 50% of direct labor cost

To determine

(2)

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 overhead application using a blanket rate.

Cost of Activity = Units of Activity performed x Cost per Activity Driver

Total Cost of Job if overheads are applied using activity based costing.

To determine

(3)

Introduction:

Cost allocation of Overheads

• Cost allocation of Overheads takes place on basis of cost objects identified to enable cost allocation. Overheads refer to costs of operations and comprise of indirect costs in the form of selling and administrative expenses.

• Examples of Overheads are Salaries of administrative staff, rent of office, advertising expenses etc. The costs of the operations are allocated on basis of cost objects. Cost objects are units of cost allocation identified for overhead allocations and cost estimations.

• Examples of Cost objects for Overhead allocation are Number of units produced, number of labor hours worked etc.

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 overhead application using a blanket rate.

Cost of Activity = Units of Activity performed x Cost per Activity Driver

Which approach to overhead application results in better representation of costs incurred to undertake Job

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