Assume that Mason Company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates. The Machining Department is allocated based on machine-hours and the Assembly Department is allocated based on direct labor-hours. How much manufacturing overhead cost would be applied to Job A? Job B?
Mason Company has two manufacturing departments—Machining and Assembly. The company considers all of its manufacturing overhead costs to be fixed costs. It provided the following estimates at the beginning of the year as well as the following information with respect to Jobs A and B:
Estimated Data | Machining | Assembly | Total | ||||||
Manufacturing overhead | $ | 9,522,000 | $ | 529,000 | $ | 10,051,000 | |||
Direct labor hours | 23,000 | 414,000 | 437,000 | ||||||
Machine hours | 414,000 | 18,000 | 432,000 | ||||||
Job A | Machining | Assembly | Total |
Direct labor hours | 5 | 10 | 15 |
Machine hours | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Job B | Machining | Assembly | Total |
Direct labor hours | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Machine hours | 12 | 3 | 15 |
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