Waterway Industries applies overhead on the basis of machine
hours. Given the following data, compute overhead applied and the
under- or overapplication of overhead for the period:
Estimated annual overhead cost | $1800000 |
Actual annual overhead cost | $1775000 |
Estimated machine hours | 500000 |
Actual machine hours | 290000 |
$1044000 applied and $731000 underapplied
$1800000 applied and $731000 overapplied
$1044000 applied and $731000 overapplied
$1775000 applied and neither under-nor overapplied
Answer
OPTION A i.e. $1044000 applied and $731000 underapplied
Calculations:
Machine Hour rate = Estimated annual overhead cost / Estimated machine hours
= $ 1800,000 / 500,000
= $ 3.6 per hour
Applied overheads = Machine Hour rate * Actual machine hours
= 3.6 * 290,000
= $ 1,044,000
Under/Overabsorbed Overheads = Actual Overheads – Applied overheads
= $ 1775,000 - $ 1,044,000
= $ 731,000 Underabsorbed
Clearly, option A is correct and other options are incorrect.
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