You have been hired as a new accountant for Bake-Me-Some-Bread, Inc. They have asked you to calculate
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You have been hired as a new accountant for Bake-Me-Some-Bread, Inc. They have asked you to calculate the company's Manufacturing Overhead Rate. You are given the following data from the accounting records for last month:
Required: 1. Calculate the amount of the company's Manufacturing Overhead. 2. Calculate the Manufacturing Overhead Rate. 3. How does calculating this rate help the company's finances? 4. Explain what it means if a company has a high manufacturing rate vs. a low manufacturing rate. Which rate is better; high or low?
Sales | $ 535,000 |
Cleaning supplies for the plant | $ 4,500 |
Salary for the plant manager | $ 8,950 |
Raw Materials including flour & eggs | $ 13,750 |
Shipping costs (to deliver bread to stores) | $ 2,500 |
Bread baker wages (working on the production lines) | $ 89,500 |
Commissions to bread salespeople | $ 12,000 |
Utility expense for the plant | $ 42,500 |
Depreciation on the factory equipment | $ 25,400 |
Factory supplies not directly associated with the product | $ 4,500 |
Legal fees | $ 3,750 |
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