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Accounting for Overhead

JJasmine9y ago
I don't know how 694,075 appears in answer. A management consultancy recovers overheads on chargeable consulting hours. Budgeted overheads were $615,000 and actual consulting hours were 32,150. Overheads were under-recovered by $35,000. If actual overheads were $694,075, what was the budgeted overhead absorption rate per hour? A $19.13 B $20.50 C $21.59 D $22.68 ANSWER $ Actual overheads 694,075 Under-recoverable overheads 35,000 Overheads recovered for 32,150 hours at budgeted overhead absorption rate (x) 659,075 32,150 x = 659,075 x = 32,150 659,075 = $20.50
JJasmine9y ago#1
Plz help me Sir. My F2 exam is in 2 days. :(
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor9y ago#2
The question says that the actual overheads were 694,075. If they were under-recovered (under-absorbed) then it means that the total absorbed was 694,075 - 35,000 = 659,075. The amount absorbed is the actual hours worked x the absorption rate. Therefore the absorption rate = 659,075 / 32,150 = $20.50 per hour. (You do not seem to have watched my free lectures - they are a complete course for Paper F2 and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well. I cannot type out all my lectures here :-) )
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