Acton Corporation, which applies manufacturing overhead on the
basis of machine-hours, has provided the following data for its
most recent year of operations.
Estimated manufacturing overhead | $325,440 |
Estimated machine-hours | 2,400 |
Actual manufacturing overhead | $320,300 |
Actual machine-hours | 2,370 |
The estimates of the manufacturing overhead and of machine-hours
were made at the beginning of the year for the purpose of computing
the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year.
The overhead for the year was:
Noreen 4e Recheck 2017-16-03
$4,068 underapplied
$1,072 underapplied
$4,068 overapplied
$1,072 overapplied
D. $1,072 overapplied
Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated total manufacturing overhead ÷ Estimated total amount of the allocation base
= $325,440 ÷ 2,400 machine-hours
= $135.60 per machine-hour
Applied manufacturing overhead = Predetermined overhead rate × Actual machine-hours
Applied manufacturing overhead = $135.60 × 2,370 = $321,372
Overapplied manufacturing overhead = Actual manufacturing overhead - Applied manufacturing overhead = $320,300 - $321,372 = $1,072 overapplied
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