Henry Jackson, the new controller of United Manufacturing Company (UMC) believes that the company should use the dual rate method of allocating overhead costs of its Materials Management Department to its Machining and Assembly Departments instead of the single rate method, which the company has used since its inception 20 years ago. Jackson's Materials Management Department has an annual capacity of 6,000 labor-hours and a budgeted fixed cost of $240,000. The budgeted variable cost per labor-hour of the Materials Management Department is $20. Jackson gathers the following information: (Click the icon to view the information.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Using the single-rate method, allocate Materials Management Department costs to the Machining and Assembly Departments in these three ways. Start with allocating (a), then (b), and finally (c). (Round the budgeted rate per item to the nearest cent.) Budgeted rate per item: (a) (b) (c) 68.00 $ 68.00 $ 60.00 Machining Assembly 85,000 $ 255,000 340,000 $ 81,600 $ 244,800 72,000 216,000 326,400 $ 288,000 Total $ Requirement 2. Using the dual-rate method, compute the amount allocated to the Machining and Assembly Departments when (a) the budgeted fixed-cost rate is calculated using budgeted fixed costs and practical capacity of the Materials Management Department, (b) fixed costs are allocated based on the budgeted fixed-cost rate and budgeted usage of Materials Management Department services by the Machining and Assembly Departments, and (c) variable costs are allocated using the budgeted variable-cost rate and actual usage. (Round the rate per item to the nearest cent.) Variable Rate per item: $ 20.00 Fixed Machining Assembly 24,000 72,000 $ 96,000 96000 Total Requirements 1. Using the single-rate method, allocate Materials Management Department costs to the Machining and Assembly Departments in these three ways: a. Calculate the budgeted rate based on the budgeted number of Materials Management Department labor-hours and allocate costs based on the budgeted use of Materials Management labor-hours in the Machining and Assembly Departments. b. Calculate the budgeted rate based on the budgeted number of Materials Management Department labor-hours and allocate costs based on actual usage. c. Calculate the budgeted rate based on the practical capacity of Materials Management Department labor-hours and allocate costs based on actual usage. 2. Using the dual-rate method, compute the amount allocated to the Machining and Assembly Departments when (a) the budgeted fixed-cost rate is calculated using budgeted fixed costs and practical capacity of the Materials Management Department, (b) fixed costs are allocated based on the budgeted fixed-cost rate and budgeted usage of Materials Management Department services by the Machining and Assembly Departments, and (c) variable costs are allocated using the budgeted variable-cost rate and actual usage. 3. Comment on your results in requirements 1 and 2. Discuss the advantages of the dual-rate method. Data table - Machining Assembly Department Department Total Budgeted usage of Materials 1,250 3,750 5,000 Management labor-hours Actual usage of Materials 1,200 3,600 4,800 Management labor-hours