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    Jul 28, 2007, 04:12 PM
    Activity based costing
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    Sparkling Housecleaning provides housecleaning services to its clients. The company uses an activity-based costing system for its overhead costs. The company has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system.


    Activity Cost Pool
    Total Cost
    Total Activity


    Cleaning...
    $645,576
    72,700
    Hours


    Job support...
    $129,546
    5,400
    Jobs


    Client support...
    $ 20,900
    760
    Clients


    Other...
    $110,000
    Not applicable


    Total...
    $906,022





    The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs.

    One particular client, the Lotus family, requested 31 jobs during the year that required a total of 62 hours of housecleaning. For this service, the client was charged $1,620

    Questions:

    1. Using the activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin for the Lotus family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent (3 points).

    2. Assume the company decides instead to use a traditional costing system in which ALL costs are allocated to customers on the basis of cleaning hours. Compute the margin for the Lotus family. Round off all calculations to the nearest whole cent (4 points).
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