Compute the total overhead cost assigned to flight

Assignment Help Managerial Accounting
Reference no: EM132560482

Colavito Airlines' ground handling department has assigned all overhead costs into seven activity cost pools. The budgeted amounts and the associated cost drivers for these cost pools are as follows:

Activity                                         Budgeted                                                          Budgeted Level

Cost Pool                                    Costs                  Cost Driver                                 for Cost Driver

Loading and unloading cargo           $250,000          Pounds of cargo                     2,000,000 lbs.

Directing planes to and from gates        110,000            Directing distance                5,500 miles

Loading and unloading baggage             300,000               Bags loaded & unloaded       100,000 bags

Communicating with pilots                       80,000                  Communication time            2,000 hours

Fueling planes                                       450,000                       Fueling time                10,000 hours

Deicing planes                                           75,000                     Deicing time                   1,000 hours

Locating mishandled bags                              200,000                          Number of inquiries         5,000 inquiries

Total                                                          $1,465,000

Flight #1025 has just been completed with the following cost driver information available:

Pounds of cargo 37,000

Directing distance (miles) 2.3

Bags loaded & unloaded 250

Communication hours 1.4

Fueling hours 3.7

Deicing hours 0.3

Number of inquiries 4

Question 1: Compute the total overhead cost assigned to Flight #1025, using an overall overhead rate based on number of bags loaded and unloaded

Question 2: Compute the total overhead cost assigned to Flight #1025, using activity-based costing

Reference no: EM132560482

Questions Cloud

Potassium phosphate be an aqueous solution : Will potassium phosphate be an aqueous solution or a solid product in the presence of water? Why?
Compute expected cost savings for the coming year : If Skysong can increase inventory turnover from its present level of 9 times a year to a level of 12 times per year. Compute its expected cost savings
What is coronasux tax on continuing operations : Coronasux, Inc. had revenue of $500,000, COGS of $375,000, Operating expenses of $50,000, What is Coronasux Tax On Continuing Operations
Determine organization capacity to provide healthy : Determine the organization's capacity to provide a healthy, safe, person-centered environment for staff and patients based on it culture and climate.
Compute the total overhead cost assigned to flight : Compute the total overhead cost assigned to Flight #1025, using an overall overhead rate based on number of bags loaded and unloaded
Advanced entrepreneurship : If you were to open the same type of business what business entity would you use (sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, S Corp, LLC, etc.) and why?
D-glucose and l-glucose : D-glucose and L-glucose would be expected to show differences in which properties?
Explain the importance of incoterms : Explain the importance of INCOTERMS 2015 in the chosen Organization.
Describe the type and number of bonds : Name the following compounds: PbCl2 K3PO4 S2F2 Give the correct formula for the following compounds: diiodide pentoxide

Reviews

Write a Review

Managerial Accounting Questions & Answers

  Manage budgets and financial plans

Explain the budgeting process and its importance to a business, identifying the components of different budgets, forecast estimates for inclusion in the budgets.

  Prepare a retained earnings statement

Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year and Prepare a stockholders' equity section of given case.

  Prepare a master budget for the three-month period

Prepare a master budget for the three-month period.

  Construct the companys direct labor budget

Construct the company's direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced.

  Evaluate the predetermined overhead rate

Evaluate the Predetermined Overhead Rate

  Determine the company''s bid

Determine the company's bid if activity-based costing is used and the bid is based upon full manufacturing cost plus 30 percent.

  Compute the pool rates for the different activities

Complete the schedule to compute the pool rates for the different activities.

  Prepare Company financial statements

Prepare Company financial statements

  Prepare an analysis of terracycles

This individual assignment is based on the TerraCycle Inc.

  Discuss the ethical issues

Discuss the ethical issues

  Political resources in emerging markets

Calculate the GDP in Income Approach  and Expenditure Approach

  Management accounting - ehsan electronics company

A new plant accountant suggested that the company may be able to assign support costs to products more accurately by using an activity based costing system that relies on a separate rate for each manufacturing activity that causes support costs.

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd