Reference no: EM13518316

Jardon Painting paints the interiors and exteriors of homes and commercial buildings.

The company uses an activity-based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its activity-based costing system.

Activity Cost Pool	Activity Measure	Annual Activity
Painting overhead	Square meters	10,000 square meters
Job support	Jobs	200 jobs
Other	None	Not applicable

The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization sustaining costs.

The company has already finished the first stage of the allocation process in which costs were allocated to the activity cost centers. The results are listed below:

	Painting	Job Support	Other	Total
Painting overhead	$ 99,000	$ 77,000	$44,000	$220,000
Office expense	14,000	84,000	42,000	140,000
Total	$113,000	$161,000	$86,000	$360,000

Required:

a. Compute the activity rates for the Painting and Job Support activity cost pools by filling in the table below. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent.

		Job
	Painting	Support
Painting overhead
Office expense
Total

b. Prepare an action analysis report in good form of a job that involves painting 69 square meters and has direct materials and direct labor cost of $2,190. The sales revenue from this job is $3,400. For purposes of this action analysis report, direct materials and direct labor should be classified as a Green cost; painting overhead as a Red cost; and office expense as a Yellow cost.