Amber Company had the following information: ​ Activity Driver Unit Variable Cost Level of Activity Driver Units sold $         30    — Setups  1,500    50 Engineering hours     50 1,200       Other data:         Total fixed costs (traditional) $500,000       Total fixed costs (Activity-based costing) 200,000       Unit selling price               50   ​ How many units need to be sold to produce a before-tax profit of $100,000 using activity-based costing (ABC)? 

Assume the following information: Variable cost ratio 80% Total fixed costs $60,000 ​ What volume of sales dollars is needed to break even?

Copies Plus Print operates a copy business at two different locations. Copies Plus Print has one support department that is responsible for cleaning, service, and maintenance of its copying equipment. The costs of the support department are allocated to each copy center on the basis of total copies made. During the first month, the costs of the support department were expected to be $200,000. Of this amount, $60,000 is considered a fixed cost. During the month, the support department incurred actual variable costs of $128,000 and actual fixed costs of $72,000. Normal and actual activity (copies made) are as follows:   ​ Copy Center 1 Copy Center 2 Normal activity (copies) 600,000 400,000 Actual activity (copies) 500,000 440,000 ​ For purposes of performance evaluation, fixed costs allocated to Copy Center 2 are:

Colorado Corporation has the following sales forecast for the next quarter: ​ July, 4,000 units; August, 4,800 units; September, 5,600 units ​ Sales totaled 3,200 units in June. The June ending finished goods inventory was 800 units. End-of-month finished goods inventory levels are planned to be equal to 30 percent of the next month’s planned sales. ​ The planned ending inventory of finished goods for August is

Fantasmas Incorporated had the following information: ​ Activity Driver Unit Variable Cost Level of Activity Driver Units sold $         20    — Setups  1,200    60 Engineering hours     52 1,500       Other data:         Total fixed costs (traditional) $600,000       Total fixed costs (ABC) $360,000       Unit selling price      $         60   ​ Suppose Fantasmas could reduce setup costs by $300 per setup and could reduce the number of engineering hours needed to 1,400 hours. How many units must be sold to break even in this case?

Efforts to simplify activity-based costing systems (ABC) involve either before-the-fact simplification or after-the-fact simplification.

A company incurred $120,000 of common fixed costs and $180,000 of common variable costs. These costs are to be allocated to Departments XX and YY. Data on capacity provided and capacity used are as follows:     Capacity Provided Capacity Used Department in Hours in Hours       XX 500 400       YY 300 400 ​ Assume that both fixed and variable costs are allocated on the basis of capacity used. The fixed and variable costs allocated to Department XX are   Fixed Variable

Alana Company manufactures books. Manufacturing a book takes 10 units of A1 and 1 unit of A2. Scheduled production of books for the next two months is 1,000 and 1,200 units, respectively. Beginning inventory is 4,000 units of A1 and 30 units of A2. The ending inventory of A1 is planned to decrease 500 units in each of the next two months, and the A2 inventory is expected to increase 5 units in each of the next two months. ​ How many units of A2 are expected in the raw material inventory at the end of the second month?

Citizens Bank has two bank locations: Main and Suburbs. The central office provides check-processing services for the two banks. Information pertaining to the banks is as follows:     Check Processing Main Suburbs Budgeted fixed costs $100,000 – – Budgeted variable rate per hour $         20 – – Normal usage in hours        – 600 400         Actual fixed costs $107,500 – – Actual variable costs $  17,500 – – Actual usage in hours – 550 250 ​ Required: ​ a. Use the direct method to allocate the check-processing center costs to each bank to provide information for setting service charges. b. Use the direct method to allocate the check processing center costs to each bank for performance evaluation purposes. c. Determine the costs of the check-processing center NOT allocated to the two banks. Why were these costs not allocated to the operating units?

Ely Company has two support departments, Maintenance Department and Personnel Department, and two producing departments, X and Y. The Maintenance Department costs of $60,000 are allocated on the basis of standard service hours used. The Personnel Department costs of $9,000 are allocated on the basis of number of employees. The direct costs of Departments X and Y are $18,000 and $30,000, respectively. Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows:     Maint. Person. Dept. Dept.   Dept. Dept. X Y Standard service hours used 100 50 300 150 Number of employees   5 10  45  45 Direct labor hours  50 50 250 250 ​ Predetermined overhead rates for Departments X and Y, respectively, are based on direct labor hours. What is the overhead rate for Department Y assuming the direct method is used?