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Mervyn Company has two operating departments: mixing and bottling. Mixing has 300 employees and bottling has 200 employees. Indirect factory costs include administrative costs of $160,000. Administrative costs are allocated to operating departments based on the number of workers. Determine the administrative costs allocated to each operating department.

Short Answer

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Mixing department:$96,000

Bottling department:$64,000

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01

Definition of Departmental Accounting

The financial accounting method adopted to report the financial information of thebusiness entity that is operating with various departments is known as departmental accounting.

02

Allocation of administrative costs

Department

Employees

/

Total Employees

X

Administrative Cost

=

Allocated Cost

Mixing

300

/

500

X

$160,000

=

$96,000

Bottling

200

/

500

X

$160,000

=

64,000

$160,000

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  • Question: Kryll Company set the following standard unit costs for its single product.

Direct materials (25 Ibs. @ \(4 per Ib.)

\)100

Direct labor (6 hrs. @ \(8 per hr.)

48

Factory overheadโ€”Variable (6 hrs. @ \)5 per hr.)

30

Factory overheadโ€”Fixed (6 hrs. @ \(7 per hr.)

42

Total standard cost

\)220

The predetermined overhead rate is based on a planned operating volume of 80% of the productive capacity of 60,000 units per quarter. The following flexible budget information is available.

Operating Levels

70%

80%

90%

Production in units

42,000

48,000

54,000

Standard direct labor hours

252,000

288,000

324,000

Budgeted overhead

Fixed factory overhead

\(2,016,000

\)2,016,000

\(2,016,000

Variable factory overhead

1,260,000

1,440,000

1,620,000

During the current quarter, the company operated at 70% of capacity and produced 42,000 units of product; direct labor hours worked were 250,000. Units produced were assigned the following standard costs:

Direct materials (1,050,000 Ibs. @ \)4 per Ib.)

\(4,200,000

Direct labor (252,000 hrs. @ \)8 per hr.)

2,016,000

Factory overhead (252,000 hrs. @ \(12 per hr.)

3,024,000

Total standard cost

\)9,240,000

Actual costs incurred during the current quarter follow:

Direct materials (1,000,000 Ibs. @ \(4.25 per lb.)

\)4,250,000

Direct labor (250,000 hrs. @ \(7.75 per hr.)

1,937,500

Fixed factory overhead costs

1,960,000

Variable factory overhead costs

1,200,000

Total actual costs

\)9,347,500

Required

1. Compute the direct materials cost variance, including its price and quantity variances.

2. Compute the direct labor cost variance, including its rate and efficiency variances.

3. Compute the total overhead controllable variance.

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