Wednesday 27 November 2019

The accounting department of a large limousine company is analyzing the costs of its services. The cost data

The accounting department of a large limousine company is analyzing the costs of its services. The cost data and level of activity for the past 16 months follow:
Month Special Analyses Customer
Accounts
Paychecks
Processed
Accounting
Service Costs
1 0

190

890
$ 59,000
2 0

150

1,130

61,800
3 4

210

960

60,900
4 2

250

880

61,400
5 0

220

940

60,600
6 2

340

970

60,400
7 2

240

1,230

59,200
8 2

250

970

59,500
9 3

270

1,020

59,300
10 0

180

910

61,800
11 0

290

1,050

61,000
12 3

330

870

59,800
13 3

190

1,190

58,600
14 1

280

1,300

58,800
15 3

260

1,090

61,400
16 2

300

1,210

62,000
Totals 27

3,950

16,610
$ 965,500

In addition to the above information, you learn that the accounting department had the following total costs for the past 16 months for each of the following:




Total cost of paychecks processed $ 197,659
Total cost of maintaining customer accounts
122,055
Total cost of performing special analyses
108,270
Total fixed costs (total for 16 months)
537,516
Total costs $ 965,500

Required:
a-1. What is the cost per unit for paychecks processed? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
a-2. What is the cost per unit for customer accounts maintained? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
a-3. What is the cost per unit for special analyses performed?
b. Assuming the following level of cost-driver volumes for a month, what are the accounting department's estimated costs of doing business using the account analysis approach? (Round "Unit cost" to 2 decimal places. Round "Average fixed cost" to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
• 1,080 paychecks processed.
• 220 customer accounts maintained.
• 4 special analyses.

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