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The accounting department of a large limousine company is analyzing the costs of its services. The cost data and level of activity for the past 16 months follow:
Month
Special Analyses
Customer Accounts
Paychecks Processed
Accounting Service Costs
1
3
190
1,180
$
61,400
2
2
170
830
59,200
3
4
320
1,140
59,300
4
1
190
1,080
60,100
5
1
340
940
58,200
6
1
290
1,080
60,600
7
3
170
960
59,400
8
2
290
1,120
59,800
9
4
320
1,090
58,400
10
0
180
1,280
58,800
11
3
170
1,130
58,500
12
1
260
830
61,400
13
3
170
1,070
59,500
14
1
240
1,110
60,700
15
1
170
850
61,300
16
2
340
1,070
59,500
Totals
32
3,810
16,760
$
956,100
In addition to the above information, you learn that the accounting department had the following total costs for the past 16 months for each of the following:
Total cost of paychecks processed
$
199,444
Total cost of maintaining customer accounts
117,348
Total cost of performing special analyses
124,800
Total fixed costs (total for 16 months)
514,508
Total costs
$
956,100
What is the cost per unit for paychecks processed? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
a-2. What is the cost per unit for customer accounts maintained? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
a-3. What is the cost per unit for special analyses performed?
b. Assuming the following level of cost-driver volumes for a month, what are the accounting department's estimated costs of doing business using the account analysis approach? (Round "Unit cost" to 2 decimal places. Round "Average fixed cost" to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
1,050 paychecks processed.
220 customer accounts maintained.
5 special analyses.
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