Kara is an accountant for Villa, Inc., a small factory that…
Kara is an accountant for Villa, Inc., a small factory that manufactures disposable hospital gowns and slippers. Previously, Villa had been utilizing a traditional costing system to account for its budgeted Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) costs. After a few years, Kara recommended that the company opt for Activity-Based Costing (ABC) as that would afford it the opportunity to better account for the costs. She has determined that Villa had three key activities to use for MOH budgeted costs: Materials sorting, garment inspection, and materials management wages. She has collected the following data:Materials sorting: $38500 (3500 sorting hours)Garment inspection: $55300 (4254 inspection hours)Materials management wages: $18700 (13300 management hours)If gowns used 2000 sorting hours, then what amount of material sorting MOH costs will be allocated to slippers?
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