Problem Sets ABC Job Order Costing
Problem Sets ABC Job Order Costing
Problem Sets ABC Job Order Costing
JAM Inc. employs normal costing for its job orders. The overhead is applied using a pre-
determined overhead rate. The following information relates to the JAM Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 2020:
Additional information:
Required:
Baby Kisses Company employs normal costing for its production. The following data are
provided during the current year:
Beginning Ending
Raw materials inventory 200,000 300,000
Work in process inventory 500,000 200,000
Finished goods inventory 600,000 300,000
• The entity uses a single account for its direct material and indirect materials. Indirect
material used is one-fourth of the total material used.
• The indirect labor cost is 1/8 of the total labor costs.
• The overhead application rate is 80% of direct labor costs.
• Any over or under application of overhead is considered material.
REQUIRED:
Sweater Inc. has completed Job 101, containing 1,100 shoes, during 2020 at the following
unit costs:
Final inspection of Job 101 disclosed 100 spoiled shoes which were sold to a department for
P200,000.
REQUIRED:
1. What is the unit cost of the good shoes produced on Job 101 if spoilage loss is
charged to all production?
2. What is the unit cost of the good shoes produced on Job 101 if spoilage loss is
charged to specific Job 101?
PROBLEM 4
The following data are for the two products produced by Hot Company:
SMOKE FAX
Direct materials P15 per unit P24 per unit
Direct labor hours 0.3 DLH per unit 1.6 DLH per unit
Machine hours 0.1 MH per unit 1.2 MH per unit
Batches 125 batches 225 batches
Volume 10,000 units 2,000 units
Engineering modifications 12 modifications 58 modifications
Number of customers 500 customers 400 customers
Market price P30 per unit P120 per unit
The company's direct labor rate is P20 per direct labor hour (DLH). Additional information
follows.
Costs Driver
Indirect manufacturing: P24,500 Engineering modifications
Engineering support 34,000 Machine hours
Electricity Setup costs 52,500 Batches
Non-manufacturing:
Customer service 81,000 Number of customers
REQUIRED:
1. Compute the manufacturing cost per unit using the plant-wide overhead rate based
on direct labor hours. What is the gross profit per unit?
2. How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Smoke using the plant-wide
overhead rate? How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Fax using the
plant-wide overhead rate? What is the cost of providing customer service to each
customer? What information is provided by this comparison?
3. Determine the manufacturing cost per unit of each product line using ABC. What is
the gross profit per unit?
4. How much gross profit is generated by each customer of Smoke using ABC? How
much gross profit is generated by each customer of Fax using ABC? Is the gross profit
per customer adequate?
5. Which method of product costing gives better information to managers of this
company? Explain why.
PROBLEM 5
Breadwinner Company uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools.
The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its activity-based
costing system:
Costs:
The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-
sustaining costs. You have been asked to complete the first-stage allocation of costs to the
activity cost pools.
REQUIRED:
1. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the Order
Size activity cost pool?
2. How much cost, in total, would be allocated in the first-stage allocation to the
Customer Support activity cost pool?