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:
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:
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.
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 | ||||||
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 | |
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.