Activity-Based Costing and Product Cost Distortion Handbrain Inc

Activity-Based Costing and Product Cost Distortion Handbrain Inc. is considering a change to activity-based product costing. The company produces two products, cell phones and tablet PCs, in a single production department. The production department is estimated to require 4,000 direct labor hours. The total indirect labor is budgeted to be $441,600. Time records from indirect labor employees revealed that they spent 60% of their time setting up production runs and 40% of their time supporting actual production. The following information about cell phones and tablet PCs was determined from the corporate records: Number of Direct Labor Units Setups Hours Cell phones 1,600 2,000 92,000 Tablet PCs 800 2,000 92,000 Total 2,400 4,000 184,000 If required, round your answers to the nearest cent. a. Determine the indirect labor cost per unit allocated to cell phones and tablet PCs under a single plantwide factory overhead rate system using the direct labor hours as the allocation base. Cell phones $ per unit Tablet PCs per unit b. Determine the budgeted activity costs and activity rates for the indirect labor under activity-based costing. Assume two activities-one for setup and the other for production support.
Budgeted Activity Cost Activity Rate Setup $ per setup Production support per direct labor hour c. Determine the activity cost per unit for indirect labor allocated to each product under activity-based costing. Cell phones $ per unit Tablet PCs $ per unit d. Why are the per-unit allocated costs in (a) different from the per-unit activity cost assigned to the products in (c)? allocates The per-unit indirect labor costs in (a) are distorted because is consumed by the products in a different ratio from the direct labor. The costing method results in the product with the number of setups receiving a larger portion of the setup activity cost. The overhead only on the basis of direct labor hours. Since the direct labor hours equal for each product, the allocated indirect labor will also equal.