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- January 27, 2025 at 9:08 pm #715012
Hello Sir, This may be a basic question, but I really can’t catch it where it comes from
QUESTION:
BPP 7a.26 The following question is taken from the January to June 2016 exam period.
An accountant is using the repeated distribution method to reapportion service department costs. The following table shows the work she has done so far. Figures that are yet to be calculated are shown as
“???”
-Production – Production – Service – Service
-department – department – department – department
-1 – 2 – X -Y
$ $ $ $Apportioned and allocated
Production overheads: 60,000— 80,000— 20,000— 10,000
Service department X: 8,000—10,000— (–20,000)— 2,000
Service department Y: 7,200— 4,200— 600— (–12,000)
Service department X: ???— ???— (–600)—-0
Total production overhead: ???— ???— 0—0What is the total production overhead for production department 1 after the remaining reapportionment of the overheads of service department X?
$74,600
$75,200
$75,440
$75,467ANSWER: By examining the second row of figures in the table it is clear that service department X’s costs are reapportioned on a 40% , 50% , 10%. On the final reapportionment no overhead is reapportioned to service department Y, so the balance of overhead should be reapportioned 40/90 and 50/90. This results in the following total production overhead for production department 1. ($60,000 + $8,000 + $7,200) + 40/90 x $600 = $75,467
MY QUEST: I haven’t started yet, I lost because I don’t see where 40% , 50% , 10% comes from, could you please enlighten me?
January 28, 2025 at 8:35 am #715026The first reapportionment is of 20,000 and of this 8,000 is apportioned to department 1. 8,000/20,000 is 40%. Similarly 10,000 is apportioned to department 2 and 2,000 to service X, they are 10,000/20,000 = 50% and 2,000/ 20,0000 = 10%
Have you watched my free lectures on overhead allocation and apportionment?
January 28, 2025 at 5:35 pm #715032Thank you sooo much Sir,
No I haven’t watched them yet, but I will watch as soon as
January 30, 2025 at 9:03 am #715060You are welcome 🙂
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