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Accounting for labour

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  • This topic has 8 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • January 8, 2016 at 9:27 am #293796
    Rasad
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    Hi again Mr.John
    I have a question about overtime premium(which is related with direct cost, specific job)
    For ex; Bill is paid 7.5$/hour and plus overtime premium 2,5$/hours over 40 hours in a week. Bill also is paid 50% bonus for assembles box which each takes 30 minutes. and last week he worked 54 hours, 4 of them was related with machine breakdown. Ok.

    direct cost will be 54-4 hours x 7.5$= 375
    overtime 14 hours x 10$ =140 $ is that correct?
    other Indirect cost I know. therefore didn’t write them. If overtime is not related with specific job overtime premium will be 14 hours x 2,5= 35$ I understood this. but if it is related with specific cost and is that above answer correct? ( I mean 140$)

    January 8, 2016 at 10:28 am #293829
    Rasad
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    Sir, I have one more question.
    for ex: total hours 7500 then we calculate and find that Basic time is only 6000 hours and 200 hours of them are idle hours.4$/hour for standard hours and 1,5$/hour for overtime.

    Total hours- Basic time= overtime time which gives us is an indirect cost equal 1500 hours (I think it is correct) then we need find total direct and indirect cost separately

    Total hours=productive hours+ idle hours 7500=x+200 x=7300 x 4$=29200$(Total Direct)
    Indirect cost (200×4$)+(1500 x 1.5$)=3050$

    I don’t understand calculation of overtime. if overtime is an indirect cost and we found it 1500hours. why didn’t we deduct it from total hours when calculating direct cost?
    I mean 7000-200-1500=5300 hours x 4 $/ why we didn’t do it like that? because overtime gave us like an indirect cost.
    Thanks for attention

    January 8, 2016 at 11:32 am #293834
    John Moffat
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    First question:

    The 4 hours for the machine breakdown are an indirect cost (idle time).

    For the remaining 50 hours, the standard rate of $7.50 is a direct cost.
    The 10 hours of overtime are at a premium of $2.50, and this premium is an indirect cost unless it was on a specific job at the customers request in which case it is a direct cost.

    (you have written 14 hours at $10, but you have already included them in the 54 hours at $7.50 – it is only the extra 2.50 that is the concern.)

    January 8, 2016 at 11:35 am #293835
    John Moffat
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    Second question:

    It is only the overtime premium that is the indirect cost. The standard rate of $4 is a direct cost for all of the hours worked – whether the basic time or the overtime hours.

    January 8, 2016 at 11:51 am #293837
    Rasad
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    According first question,in the book they took 14 hours of overtime and multiple it 2.5. but you mentioned only 10 hours for overtime.??? Second question is clear 🙂

    January 8, 2016 at 11:54 am #293838
    Rasad
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    If overtime is paid for specific job. Total Direct costs will be 50 x 7,5=375$ and 14 x 2,5=35$ 375+35=410$ is that correct?

    January 9, 2016 at 10:10 am #293892
    John Moffat
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    Yes – that is correct 🙂

    January 9, 2016 at 6:23 pm #293933
    Rasad
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    Clear 🙂 Thanks a lot

    January 10, 2016 at 9:09 am #293959
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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