Chapter 12 Segment Reporting and Decentralization True/False Questions



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The spending variance represents the difference between the Customer Service Department’s actual costs and what those costs should have been, given the actual level of activity. This difference is properly the responsibility of the Customer Service Department and should not be charged to the operating divisions.


AACSB:  Analytic AICPA BB:  Critical Thinking AICPA FN:  Reporting; Measurement Appendix:  12B LO:  5 Level:  Medium
134. Nealon Corporation's Maintenance Department provides services to the company's two operating divisions-the Paints Division and the Stains Division. The variable costs of the Maintenance Department are budgeted based on the number of cases produced by the operating departments. The fixed costs of the Maintenance Department are determined based on the number of cases produced by the operating departments during the peak period. Data appear below:






Maintenance Department







Budgeted variable cost

$7 per case




Budgeted total fixed cost

$600,000




Actual total variable cost

$432,072




Actual total fixed cost

$602,860













Paints Division







Percentage of peak period capacity required

30%




Budgeted cases

15,000




Actual cases

15,020













Stains Division







Percentage of peak period capacity required

70%




Budgeted cases

45,000




Actual cases

44,990

Required:





  1. Prepare a report showing how much of the Maintenance Department's costs should be charged to each of the operating divisions at the end of the year.

  2. How much of the actual Maintenance Department costs should not be charged to the operating divisions at the end of the year? Who should be held responsible for these uncharged costs?

Ans:



  1. The amount of cost that would be charged to each of the operating divisions at the end of the year would be as follows:







Paints Division

Stains Division




Variable cost allocation:










$7 × 15,020 orders

$105,140







$7 × 44,990 orders




$314,930




Fixed cost allocation:










30% × $600,000

180,000







70% × $600,000




420,000




Total cost charged

$285,140

$734,930




  1. The uncharged costs are:







Variable

Fixed




Total actual costs incurred

$432,072

$602,860




Costs charged

420,070

600,000




Spending variance

$12,002

$2,860

The spending variance represents the difference between the Maintenance Department’s actual costs and what those costs should have been, given the actual level of activity. This difference is the responsibility of the Maintenance Department and should not be charged to the operating divisions.


AACSB:  Analytic AICPA BB:  Critical Thinking AICPA FN:  Reporting; Measurement Appendix:  12B LO:  5 Level:  Easy


Garrison/Noreen/Brewer, Managerial Accounting, Twelfth Edition 12-


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