Activity Based Costing Method

Assignment Question(s):

 

Q1. Explain how work the Activity-Based Costing (ABC), what is the challenge and how we can resolve it?

Q2.During June, Mushrif Corporation purchased SAR 76,000 of raw materials on credit to add to its raw materials inventory. A total of SAR 81,000 of raw materials was requisitioned from the storeroom for use in production. These requisitioned raw materials included SAR 5,000 of indirect materials.

Required:

Prepare journal entries to record the purchase of materials and their use in production.

Q3.ABC corporation applying normal costing system has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system as follows: (Amounts in SAR)                                           [3 Marks]

 

Activities

 

Estimated Overhead Costs Expected Cost Drivers Quantities Cost Drivers
Assembly 120,500 10,000 Number of Machine Hours
Processing Orders 80,500 7,000 Number of Orders
Inspection 75,500 5,000 Number of Inspection Hours

 

 

Total 276,000 22,000  

Actual Data concerning the company’s product X appears below:

Annual unit production and sales 500 units

Annual machine hours 5,000

Annual number of orders   4,500

Annual inspection hours 3,000

Direct material cost   150 per unit

Direct labor cost   100    per unit

Required:

Compute total costs per unit for the product X   using activity-based costing system

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