CIMA Fundamentals of management accounting BA2 Question # 70 Topic 8 Discussion

CIMA Fundamentals of management accounting BA2 Question # 70 Topic 8 Discussion

BA2 Exam Topic 8 Question 70 Discussion:
Question #: 70
Topic #: 8

A company has two production departments and two service departments (Maintenance and Stores). The overhead costs of each of the departments are as follows.

BA2 Question 70

The following equations represent the reapportionment of each of the service department overheads to the other.

M = 4,700 + 0.1S

S = 5,800 + 0.2M

Where M = total Maintenance overhead after reapportionment from Stores

S = total Stores overhead after reapportionment from Maintenance

60% of the total Maintenance overhead and 50% of the total Stores overhead are to be apportioned to Production Department 1.

The total production overhead for Production Department 1 after reapportionment of the service departments’ overhead costs is closest to:


A.

$71,672


B.

$75,500


C.

$70,720


D.

$71,821


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