A manufacturer is producing five types of job, each in a separate production department P, Q, R,
Question:
A manufacturer is producing five types of job, each in a separate production department P, Q, R, S and T. In addition, there are two service departments F and G. Costs have been allocated to the departments as follows:
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline & \multicolumn{5}{|c|}{ Production departments } & \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\begin{tabular}{l}
Service \\
departments
\end{tabular}} \\
\hline & $P$ & $Q$ & $R$ & S & $T$ & F & G \\
\hline & $£$ & $£$ & $£$ & $£$ & $£$ & $£$ & £ \\
\hline & 15,000 & 21,000 & 9,000 & 18,000 & 12,000 & 20,000 & 18,000 \\
\hline Othe & 2,000 & 3,000 & 4,000 & 4,500 & 1,500 & 8,000 & 10,000 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
The expenses of the service departments are to be allocated between other departments as follows:
Dept F to Depts P 15\%; Q 10\%; S 40\%; T 20\%; G $15 \%$.
Dept G to Depts P $20 \%$; Q $15 \%$; R $30 \%$; S $25 \%$; T $10 \%$.
In departments $\mathrm{R}$ and $\mathrm{T}$ the job costing is to use an overhead rate per direct labour hour, while in the other production departments a machine hour rate will be used. The number of direct labour hours and machine hours per department is expected to be:
Direct labour hours \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
$P$ & $Q$ & $R$ & $S$ & $T$ \\
10,000 & 12,000 & 8,000 & 15,000 & 5,000 \\
7,000 & 9,000 & 5,000 & 14,000 & 3,000 \end{tabular}
\section*{You are required to calculate:}
(a) The overhead rates for departments $\mathrm{R}$ and $\mathrm{T}$.
(b) The overhead rates for departments $\mathrm{P}, \mathrm{Q}$ and $\mathrm{S}$.
Keep your answer - it will be used for Question 37.4A.
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Frank Woods Business Accounting Volume 2
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12th Edition
Authors: Frank Wood, Ph.D. Sangster, Alan