Exercise 8-5 (Algo) Manufacturing Overhead Budget [LO8-6]

The direct labor budget of Yuvwell Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours:

	1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter
Budgeted direct labor-hours	10,000	9,200	9,500	10,300

The company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. The variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $4.50 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $68,000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $17,000 per quarter.

Required:

1. Prepare the companys manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

2. Compute the companys predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year.