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Cornerstones of Cost Accounting 1st Edition by Don Hansen,Maryanne Mowen
Edition 1ISBN: 978-0538736787Cornerstones of Cost Accounting 1st Edition by Don Hansen,Maryanne Mowen
Edition 1ISBN: 978-0538736787 Exercise 29
KEEP-OR-DROP: TRADITIONAL VERSUS ACTIVITY-BASED ANALYSIS
Harding, Inc., produces two types of cough syrup: Basic and Multi-Symptom. Of the two, Basic is the more popular. Data concerning the two products follow:
Annual overhead costs are listed below. These costs are classified as fixed or variable with respect to the appropriate activity driver.
Required:
1. Prepare a traditional segmented income statement, using a unit-level overhead rate based on direct labor hours. Using this approach, determine whether the Basic cough syrup product line should be kept or dropped.
2. Prepare an activity-based segmented income statement. Repeat the keep-or-drop analysis using an ABC approach.
Harding, Inc., produces two types of cough syrup: Basic and Multi-Symptom. Of the two, Basic is the more popular. Data concerning the two products follow:
Annual overhead costs are listed below. These costs are classified as fixed or variable with respect to the appropriate activity driver.
Required:
1. Prepare a traditional segmented income statement, using a unit-level overhead rate based on direct labor hours. Using this approach, determine whether the Basic cough syrup product line should be kept or dropped.
2. Prepare an activity-based segmented income statement. Repeat the keep-or-drop analysis using an ABC approach.
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