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Chapter 5 Activity Based Costing Licensed Gear Co. manufactures and sells college athletic fan gear and uses activity-based costing for overhead costs. Licensed Gear Co. supplied the following financial information concerning its overhead costs and the activity based costing system in 2020: Overhead costs: Distribution of resource consumption: The amount of activity for the year is as follows: How much OVERHEAD cost would be allocated to Cyclone Tailgaters, a customer who initiated 20 orders and 5 custom designs in 2020

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Question Completion:

Overhead costs:

Wages & salaries $ 925,000

Factory depreciation 125,000

Marketing department expenses 330,000

Total $ 1,380,000

Distribution of resource consumption:

Activity Cost Pools

Customer Product Others Total

Orders Designs

Wages & salaries 42% 46% 12% 100%

Factory depreciation 53% 33% 14% 100%

Marketing

department expenses 41% 34% 5 100%

The amount of activity for the year is as follows:

Cost Pool Activity

Customer Orders 2,125 Orders

Product Designs 325 Designs

Answer:

Licensed Gear Co.

The Overhead cost allocated to Cyclone Tailgaters is:

= $15,475.70

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Distribution of resource consumption:

Activity Cost Pools

Customer Product Others Total

Orders Designs

Wages & salaries 42% 46% 12% 100%

Factory depreciation 53% 33% 14% 100%

Marketing

department expenses 41% 54% 5 100%

Activity Cost Pools: Wages Factory Marketing Total

& salaries Dept. Dept.

Customer orders $388,500 $66,250 $135,300 $590,050

Product Designs 425,500 41,250 178,200 644,950

Others 111,000 17,500 16,500 145,000

Total $925,000 $125,000 $330,000 $1,380,000

Overhead rates: Amount Activity Overhead Rates

Customer orders $590,050 2,125 Orders $277.67

Product Designs $644,950 325 Designs $1,984.46

Cyclone Tailgaters Activity Overhead Rate Allocated Overhead

Customer orders 20 $277.67 $5,553.40

Product designs 5 $1,984.46 $9,922.30

Total overhead costs allocated to Cyclone $15,475.70

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