Monday 29 October 2018

SecuriCorp operates a fleet of armored cars that make scheduled pickups and deliveries in the Los Angeles area. The company is implementing an activity-based costing system that has four activity cost pools:

SecuriCorp operates a fleet of armored cars that make scheduled pickups and deliveries in the Los Angeles area. The company is implementing an activity-based costing system that has four activity cost pools: Travel, Pickup and Delivery, Customer Service, and Other. The activity measures are miles for the Travel cost pool, number of pickups and deliveries for the Pickup and Delivery cost pool, and number of customers for the Customer Service cost pool. The Other cost pool has no activity measure because it is an organization-sustaining activity. The following costs will be assigned using the activity-based costing system:

  
Driver and guard wages$720,000
Vehicle operating expense 280,000
Vehicle depreciation 120,000
Customer representative salaries and expenses 160,000
Office expenses 30,000
Administrative expenses 320,000
Total cost$1,630,000


The distribution of resource consumption across the activity cost pools is as follows:

 TravelPickup
and
Delivery
Customer
Service
OtherTotals
Driver and guard wages50%35%10%5%100%
Vehicle operating expense70%5%0%25%100%
Vehicle depreciation60%15%0%25%100%
Customer representative salaries and expenses0%0%90%10%100%
Office expenses0%20%30%50%100%
Administrative expenses0%5%60%35%100%


Required:
Complete the first stage allocations of costs to activity cost pools.
 

Explanation
Driver and guard wages:
Travel = $720,000 × 50% = $360,000
Pickup and Delivery = $720,000 × 35% = $252,000
Customer Service = $720,000 × 10% = $72,000
Other = $720,000 × 5% = $36,000

Vehicle operating expense:
Travel = $280,000 × 70% = $196,000
Pickup and Delivery = $280,000 × 5% = $14,000
Customer Service = $280,000 × 0% = $0
Other = $280,000 × 25% = $70,000

Vehicle depreciation:
Travel = $120,000 × 60% = $72,000
Pickup and Delivery = $120,000 × 15% = $18,000
Customer Service = $120,000 × 0% = $0
Other = $120,000 × 25% = $30,000

Customer representative salaries and expenses:
Travel = $160,000 × 0% = $0
Pickup and Delivery = $160,000 × 0% = $0
Customer Service = $160,000 × 90% = $144,000
Other = $160,000 × 10% = $16,000

Office expenses:
Travel = $30,000 × 0% = $0
Pickup and Delivery = $30,000 × 20% = $6,000
Customer Service = $30,000 × 30% = $9,000
Other = $30,000 × 50% = $15,000

Administrative expenses:
Travel = $320,000 × 0% = $0
Pickup and Delivery = $320,000 × 5% = $16,000
Customer Service = $320,000 × 60% = $192,000
Other = $320,000 × 35% = $112,000

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