3 (10 MINUTES) ESTIMATED OVERHEAD ACTIVITY COST POOL COST E...

Exercise 8-3 (10 minutes)

Estimated

Overhead

Activity Cost Pool

Cost Expected Activity Activity Rate

Caring for lawn $72,000 150,000 square feet of lawn $0.48 per square foot of lawn

Caring for garden beds–

maintenance beds

maintenance beds $1.32 per square foot of low

low maintenance $26,400 20,000 square feet of low

Caring for garden beds–high

maintenance $41,400 15,000 square feet of high

maintenance beds $2.76 per square foot of high

Travel to jobs $3,250 12,500 miles $0.26 per mile

Customer billing and service $8,750 25 customers $350 per customer

The activity rate for each activity cost pool is computed by dividing its estimated overhead cost by its

expected activity.