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Accounting for overheads

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  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • December 4, 2014 at 3:27 am #217174
    Chung Liang
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    Dear sir,

    Budgeted information relating to two department in a company for the next period is as follows:-

    Department 1
    Production overhead = $27000
    Direct material = $67500
    Direct labour cost = $13500
    Direct labour hours = 2700
    Machine hours = 45000

    Department 2
    Production overhead = $18000
    Direct material costs = $36000
    Direct labour costs = $100,000
    Direct labour hours = 25000
    Machine hours = 300

    Individual direct labour employees within each department earn differing rates of pay, according to their skills, grade and experience.

    Question:

    1) What is the most appropriate production overhead absorption rate for department 1
    A 40% of direct material cost
    B 200% of direct labour cost
    C $10 per direct labour hour
    D $0.60 per machine hour

    2) What is the most appropriate production overhead absorption rate for department 2
    A 50% of direct materal cost
    B 18% of direct labour cost
    C $0.72 per direct labour hour
    D $60 per machine hour

    December 4, 2014 at 10:53 am #217265
    John Moffat
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    I assume you will have an answer to this in whatever book that you found the question.

    Please therefore do not just set a question for me to answer.
    Tell me what your problem is and I will then try and help.

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