Question

The Charmatz Corporation has a central copying facility. The copying facility has only two users, the Marketing Department and the Operations Department. The following data apply to the coming budget year: Budgeted costs of operating the copying facility for 300,000 to 500,000 copies: $69,000 Fixed costs per year Variable costs 3 cents (0.03) per copy Budgeted long-run usage in copies per year. Marketing Department Operations Department 100,000 copies 360,000 copies Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates Actual usage for the year by the Marketing Department was 70,000 copies and by the Operations Department was 330,000 copies. If a dual-rate cost-allocation OA. $63,900 OB. $64,800 O c. $66,825 O D. $67,725 Budgeted costs of operating the copying facility for 300,000 to 500,000 copies: $69,000 Fixed costs per year 3 cents (0.03) per copy Variable costs Budgeted long-run usage in copies per year Marketing Department Operations Department 100,000 copies 360,000 copies Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates. Actual usage for the year by the Marketing Department was 70,000 copies and by the Operations Department was 330,000 copies. If a dual rate cost- allocation method is used, what amount of copying facility costs will be budgeted for the Operations Department?

Answer 1

Solution Budgeted Fixed cost allocation rate Budgeted Fixed cost/Budgeted usage in copies -$69,000/460,000 $0.15 $0.03 Budgeted variable cost allocation rate- BudgetedBudgeted Fixed cost allocation usage in Fixed cost rate copies 100,000$15,000 Marketing Department $0.15 $0.15 360,000$54,000 Operations Department Variable cost Actual allocation usage in Variable cost rate copies $2,100 Marketing Department 70,000 $0.03 $9,900 Operations Department $0.03 330,000 eration tment total $54,000 Fixed cost Variable cost 9,900 Total cost 63,900 A. $63,900