Activity-based costing versus traditional costing. Tree Corporation manufactures plywood and trim. Overhead costs are currently...

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Activity-based costing versus traditional costing. Tree Corporation manufactures plywood and trim. Overhead costs are currently allocated using direct labor-hours, but the controller has recommended using an activity-based costing system using the following data:

Activity

Cost Driver

Cost

Plywood

Trim

Production Setup

Number of Setups

$ 60,000

15

10

Material Handling

Number of Parts

$ 25,000

25

15

Packaging/Shipping

Number of Units Shipped

$ 30,000

40,000

60,000

Total

$ 115,000

a. Compute the amount of overhead allocated to each of the products (Plywood and Trim) under activity-based costing.

b. Compute the amount of overhead to be allocated to each product using labor-hours as the allocation base. Assume labor-hours required to assemble each unit is .5 for Plywood and 1.0 for Trim, and 60,000 units of Plywood and 90,000 units of Trim, were produced.

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