The Futons for You Company sells batches of custom-made futons to customers and uses predetermined rates for

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The Futons for You Company sells batches of custom-made futons to customers and uses predetermined rates for fixed overhead, based on machine hours. The following data are available for last year:

Budgeted and actual fixed factory overhead cost ....$160,000

Budgeted machine hours .............. 100,000

Actual machine hours used .............. 110,000


Machine Hours Used

Job 20 .......11,000

Job 21 .......16,000

Job 22 .......14,000

Job 23 ....... 9,000


REQUIRED

A. Compute the estimated overhead allocation rate to be used for the year.

B. Determine the overhead to be allocated to Job 21.

C. Determine total over-applied or under-applied overhead at the end of the year.

D. Should cost of goods sold be increased or decreased at the end of the year? Why?

E. If the amount of over-applied or under-applied overhead is material, how is it assigned?


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Cost Management Measuring Monitoring And Motivating Performance

ISBN: 392

2nd Edition

Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan K. Wolcott

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