Company: T-Mobile Describe the accounting this company uses to allocate the cost of that asset to the periods benefited from its use. Assets that this company must account for is natural resource; patent; lease; leasehold improvement; copyright; trademark; or goodwill.
Decentralization and Performance Evaluation $46,500 were incurred for each month during the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Thirty percent of the monthly expenses are related to manufacturing employees and the remainder is related to administrative employees. Jim was immediately frustrated by all that he learned from the acco
The Central Valley Company has prepared department overhead budgets for budgeted-volume levels before allocations as follows: (see attachment) Management has decided that the most appropriate inventory costs are achieved by using individual-department overhead rates. These rates are developed after support-department costs ar
Cost Reallocation The links below lead you to the required background readings for the assignment. First read the article below: How to Create a System for Charging Back IT Services. http://www.cio.co.uk/article/3217465/how-to-create-a-system-for-charging-back-it-services/?intcmp=HPF3 Next read comments about the ab
In this assignment, you are going to review your organization and its treatment of allocated costs. Retrieve a report in the organization that allocates common costs to a division, product, or service. Recast that report with unallocated costs and comment on the usefulness of that revised report. If you cannot identify sp
__SD I__ _SD II_ _SD III _PD I__ _PDII_ Total Overhead cost $100,000 $20,000 $15,000 # Employees 64 136 24 400 440 Sq Ft Space 500 300 600 2000 2400 Labor Hours 3500 1500 Machine Hours 6500 3500 SD I COSTS ARE ALLOCATED FIRST ON
Allocating shared costs, and preparing performance reports for responsibility centers. Musical Notes, Inc., manufactures and sells two different types of guitars: Blaster and Cool Blues. The two product lines share physical plant resource costs of $7,000 of which $1,000 is not traceable to either product line. Budget and a
Cost Allocations Give some synonymous terms for traceable and non-traceable costs. Why do companies allocate costs? If non-traceable costs are not allocated to the various operating units within an organization, who ends up paying these costs?
1. What are the implications of not allocating material in a shop order after availability checking? 2. Provide some examples of static and dynamic scheduling problems.
The motor pool of a major city provides automobiles for the use of various city departments. Currently, the motor pool has 50 autos. A recent study showed that it costs $4,800 of annual fixed cost per automobile plus $.20 per mile variable cost to own, operate, and maintain autos, such as those provided by the motor pool. Each m
Skanda Corporation manufactures two chemicals (Flextra and Hydro) in a joint process. Data from a recent month follow. Costs: Direct materials used $360,000 Direct labor $150,000 Manufacturing overhead $690,000 Manufacturing output: Flextra 40,000 gallons Hydro 120,000 gallons Flextra sells for $15 per gallon
Review the Avis Rent-A-Car organization and its treatment of allocated costs. Retrieve a report in the Avis Rent-A-Car organization that allocates common costs to a division, product, or service. Recast that report with unallocated costs and comment on the usefulness of that revised report. If you cannot identify specific
Please See Attachment. I have some of the answers but need help to complete. Please see directions highlighted in yellow on the spreadsheets. I need all columns highlighted in orange completed in full. Please help Chapter 12 Decision Guideline Dallas Cleaning Costs Allocations form Service Departmen
If a company wants to allocate Head Quarters administrative expenses to its consulting offices then what are the pros and cons for each of the following in terms of incentives, performance measures: Allocating expenses based on: 1. Professional staff compensation 2. supplies and offices expenses 3. profit contribution of
Can you help me get started with this assignment? Allegheny River Sawmill manufactures two lumber products from a joint milling process. The two products developed are mine support braces (MSB) and unseasoned commercial building lumber (CBL). A standard production run incurs joint costs of $750,000 and results in 60,000 units
See *ATTACHED* file for complete details! Can you help me get started on this assignment? -------------------------------- Petro-X uses the direct method for allocating both fixed and variable costs from the physical plant and equipment maintenance support departments to operating departments X and Y. The bases for all
Butler Home Products has two producing departments, Machining and Assembly, and two service departments, Personnel and Custodial. The company's budget for April 20X7 is Service Departments Production Departments
Allocation of Service Department Costs Marvin Company has three service departments (S1, S2, S3) and two production departments (P1, P2). The following data relate to Marvin's allocation of service department costs: Budgeted Costs Number of Employees S1 $3,000,000 75 S2 2,000,000 50
#4Problem:The Company to be used is General Motors Time period 2007-2008 In this module, we are going to review your organization and its treatment of allocated costs. Ret ...there is moreshow problem The Company to be used is General Motors Time period 2007-2008 In this module, we are going to review your o
I need help in running the simulation as indicated below: Your first step is to come up with a strategy for how you will make these decisions. Access the simulation site (http://forio.com/pdasim.htm). We will be using the PDA Sim Read the introduction, and study the Financials and the Market Information. Review th
See pdf file attached. Question 2: Problem 10-6A: Analysis of possible elimination of a department L.O. C1, A1 Elegant Decor Company's management is trying to decide whether to eliminate Department 200, which has produced losses or low profits for several years. The company's 2008 departmental income statement shows the f
National Bank has several departments that occupy both floors of a two-story building. The departmental accounting system has a single account, Building Occupancy Cost, in its ledger. The types and amounts of occupancy costs recorded in this account for the current period follow: Depreciation?Building $ 22,500 Interest?B
What criteria do you use to measure outcomes against? What if you only had enough resources for three projects and two had to wait for more resources to become available? How do you measure their outcomes? What do you do since your three criteria are competing rather than supporting criteria? For example, usually you cannot a
Carleton Company has two service department and two production departments. Information on annual manufacturing support costs and cost drivers follows: Service Departments Production Departments Item S1 S2 P1 P2 Support costs $
If non-traceable costs are not allocated to the various operating units within an organization, who ends up paying these costs?
I have found that allocation of costs can be a very controversial subject when asking managers to control costs. I learned that some feel that the methods of allocation may be too arbitrary. If one were asked to design the "perfect" cost allocation methodology, where would one start? I am at a loss? What would be some of
Chad Company has a domestic division and an international division and a travel department which supports the employees in both divisions. The fixed costs of the travel department ($405,000) are allocated based on the number of employees in each division. There are 210 employees in the domestic division and 70 employees in th
1. Determine Le Monde Company's allocation of joint production costs for the month of October. (Carry calculation of relative proportions to four decimal places) Joint production costs will be allocated according to the net realizable value HTP -3 PST-4 RJ-5 Total Pr
The maintenance department's costs are allocated to other departments based on the number of hours of maintenance use by each department. The maintenance department has fixed costs of $500,000 and variable costs of $30 per hour of maintenance provided. The variable costs include the salaries of the maintenance workers. More ma
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