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Hunter Corporation uses ABC to determine product costs for external financial reports. At the beginning of the year, management made the following cost and activity

Hunter Corporation uses ABC to determine product costs for external financial reports. At the beginning of the year, management made the following cost and activity estimates in the company's five activity cost pools:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Overhead Cost Expected Activity
Labour related Direct labour-hours $ 119,000 28,000 DLHs
Production orders Number of orders 47,250 1,050 orders
Materials receipts Number of receipts 82,500 1,100 receipts
Relay assembly Number of relays 108,000 4,500 relays
General factory Machine-hours 332,500 47,500 MHs
$ 689,250

Required:

1. Compute the activity rate (i.e., predetermined overhead rate) for each of the activity cost pools. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

2. During the year, actual overhead cost and activity were recorded as follows:

Activity Cost Pool Actual Overhead Cost Actual Activity
Labour related $ 123,800 30,000 DLHs
Production orders 45,000 1,000 orders
Materials receipts 86,500 1,250 receipts
Relay assembly 105,600 4,400 relays
General factory 335,150 48,450 MHs
Total overhead cost $ 696,050

a. Prepare a journal entry to record the incurrence of actual manufacturing overhead cost for the year (credit accounts payable). Post the entry to the company's manufacturing overhead T-account. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

b. Determine the amount of overhead cost applied to production during the year.

c. Prepare a journal entry to record the application of manufacturing overhead cost to work in process for the year. Post the entry to the companys manufacturing overhead T-account. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

d. Determine the amount of underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead for the year.

3. The actual activity for the year was distributed among the company's four products as follows:

Activity Cost Pool Actual Activity Product A Product B Product C Product D
Labour related 30,000 DLHs 7,700 10,600 3,000 8,700
Production orders 1,000 orders 230 285 185 300
Materials receipts 1,250 receipts 95 445 230 480
Relay assembly 4,400 relays 1,650 0 2,750 0
General factory 48,450 MHs 10,300 14,300 11,100 12,750

a. Determine the total amount of overhead cost applied to each product. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

b. Does the total amount of overhead cost applied to the products above tie in to the T-accounts in any way?

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