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KOKO LTD operates five departments of which Department 1, 2 & 3 are production departments and Departments 4 and 5 being stores and maintenance departments
KOKO LTD operates five departments of which Department 1, 2 & 3 are production departments and Departments 4 and 5 being stores and maintenance departments respectively. The actual cost incurred for the year ended 31st December 2019 were:
GHS
820,000 340,000 540,000 210,000 440,000 500,000
DEPARTMENTS Assembling Finishing Stores 150,000 240,000 60,000
500,000 620,000 160,000 The following information is also available for the 5 departments.
Rent
Insurance of Building Power
Supervision
Machine Depreciation Light and Heat
Machining
Maintenance
100,000 200,000
Indirect Materials Indirect Wages
200,000 350,000
DEPARTMENTS
Machining Assembling Finishing Stores Maintenance
Area Occupied (sq.ft) Cost of machines (GHS) Horse Power
No. of Mat Requisition Maintenance Hours Direct Labour Hours Machine Working Hours
600 300 120000 80000 500 350
55 80
400 560 75000 300,000 380,000 101,000
150 60 90 40000 - 10000 1500 400 250
25 - -
40 - - 48,000 18,000 9,000 280,000 - 15,000
The company produces two products KB and KT, and the number of hours spent on the production of each unit of KB and GH are:
Machining: Direct Labour Hours Machine Hours
Assembling: Direct Labour Hours Machine Hours
Finishing: Direct Labour Hours Machine Hours
KB KT
105 50 200 180 200 155 55 40 60 80 205 156
1
Required:
a. Prepare the overheads analysis sheet showing the apportionment of overheads to the department and the re-distribution of the service departments overhead to the production departments. (14 marks)
b. Calculate for each production department the most appropriate overhead absorption rate given reasons for your choices. (3 marks)
c. Calculate the overheads chargeable to each unit of the products KB and KT produced.
(3 marks) (Total 20 marks)
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