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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
Two-Stage Allocation and Product Costing
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Mets Products produces baseball caps and T-shirts. Most of the production is done by machine. Data on operations and costs for October follow:
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Baseball Caps |
T-Shirts |
Total |
|
Units produced |
10,000 |
5,000 |
15,000 |
|
Machine-hours used |
1,000 |
800 |
1,800 |
|
Direct labor-hours |
200 |
120 |
320 |
|
Direct materials costs |
$12,000 |
$8,000 |
$20,000 |
|
Direct labor costs |
$ 4,000 |
$2,400 |
$ 6,400 |
|
Manufacturing overhead costs |
 |  |
$22,200 |
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Management asks the firm’s cost accountant to compute product costs. The accountant first assigns overhead costs to two pools: overhead related to direct materials and overhead related to machine hours. The analysis of overhead accounts by the cost accountant follows:
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|
Account |
Amount |
Related to: |
|
Utilities |
$4,000 |
Machine-hours |
|
Supplies |
2,800 |
Materials |
|
Machine depreciation and maintenance . |
8,800 |
Machine-hours |
|
Purchasing and storing materials |
3,200 |
Materials |
|
Miscellaneous |
3,400 |
Machine-hours |
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Required
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a. Compute the predetermined overhead rates assuming that Mets Products uses machine-hours to allocate machine-related overhead costs and materials costs to allocate materials-related overhead costs.
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b. Compute the total costs of production and the cost per unit for each of the two products for October.
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