Single plantwide factory overhead rate

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Amount Descriptions

Overhead

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Instructions

Salty Sensations Snacks Company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

1	Factory depreciation	$33,782.00
2	Indirect labor	84,456.00
3	Factory electricity	8,446.00
4	Indirect materials	40,356.00
5	Selling expenses	26,900.00
6	Administrative expenses	17,200.00
7	Total costs	$211,140.00

Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:

	Budgeted Volume (Cases)	Processing Hours per Case
Tortilla chips	3,600	0.25
Potato chips	5,300	0.11
Pretzels	2,300	0.49
Total	11,200

Required:

a.

Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate.*

b.

Use the factory overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case factory overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries.*

* If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

Amount Descriptions
Potato chips
Pretzels
Setup
Quality control
Tortilla chips
Total

Salty Sensations Snacks Company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

1	Factory depreciation	$33,782.00
2	Indirect labor	84,456.00
3	Factory electricity	8,446.00
4	Indirect materials	40,356.00
5	Selling expenses	26,900.00
6	Administrative expenses	17,200.00
7	Total costs	$211,140.00

Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:

	Budgeted Volume (Cases)	Processing Hours per Case
Tortilla chips	3,600	0.25
Potato chips	5,300	0.11
Pretzels	2,300	0.49
Total	11,200

Required:

a.

Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate.*

b.

Use the factory overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case factory overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries.*

* If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

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Overhead

a. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate. If required, round your answer to the nearest cent.

per processing hour

b. Use the factory overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case factory overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. If required, round your answer to the nearest cent.

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