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Goel Company,a Wholesale Distributor,uses Activity-Based Costing for Its Overhead Costs

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Goel Company,a wholesale distributor,uses activity-based costing for its overhead costs.The company has provided the following data concerning its annual overhead costs and its activity-based costing system:
 Overhead Costs:  Wages and salaries $460,000 Non-wage experises $20,000 Total $580,000\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Overhead Costs: } & \\\hline \text { Wages and salaries } & \$ 460,000 \\\hline \text { Non-wage experises } & \$ 20,000 \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 580,000 \\\hline\end{array} Distribution of Resource Consumption:
\quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad  Activity Cost Pools \text { Activity Cost Pools }
 Filling Orders  Product  Support  Other  Total  Wages and salaries 15%75%10%100% Non-wage expenses 10%70%20%100%\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|r} \hline & \text { Filling Orders } & \begin{array}{r}\text { Product } \\\text { Support }\end{array} & \text { Other } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Wages and salaries } & 15 \% & 75 \% & 10 \% & 100 \% \\\hline \text { Non-wage expenses } & 10 \% & 70 \% & 20 \% & 100 \% \\\hline\end{array}
The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.The amount of activity for the year is as follows:
 Activity Cost Pool  Annual Activity  Filling orders 4,000 orders  Product support 30 products  Other  Not applicable \begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Activity Cost Pool } & \text { Annual Activity } \\\hline \text { Filling orders } & 4,000 \text { orders } \\\hline \text { Product support } & 30 \text { products } \\\hline \text { Other } & \text { Not applicable } \\\hline\end{array}
Required:
Compute the activity rates (i.e.,cost per unit of activity)for the Filling Orders and Product Support activity cost pools by filling in the table below:
 Answer:  Filling Orders  Product Support  Wages and salaries  Non-wage experses  Total \begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Answer: } & \text { Filling Orders } & \text { Product Support } \\\hline \text { Wages and salaries } & & \\\hline \text { Non-wage experses } & & \\\hline \text { Total } & & \\\hline\end{array}

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