a) At the beginning of the year, Juju Sdn. Bhd. estimated the following: Total Firing Department RM Polis hing Department RM RM Overhead 405,000 110,000 515,000 128,750 90,000 100,000 28,750 90,000 Direct labour hours Kin hours Refer to the information for Juju Sdn. Bhd. above. Juju uses departmental overhead rates. In the firing department, overhead is applied on the basis of kiln hours (number of hours spent in the gas-fired kiln). In the polishing department, overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. Actual data for the month of June are as follows: Firing Department Polishing Department Total RM RM RM Overhead 9,370 8,600 34,000 43,370 Direct labour hours 2,350 10,950 Kiln hours 7.400 7,400 Required: i) Calculate the predetermined overhead rates for the firing and polishing departments. ii) Calculate the overhead applied to production in each department for the month of June. iii) Identify whether overhead variance for each department has been overapplied or underapplied?

a) At the beginning of the year, Juju Sdn. Bhd. estimated the following: Total Firing Department RM Polis hing Department RM RM Overhead 405,000 110,000 515,000 128,750 90,000 100,000 28,750 90,000 Direct labour hours Kin hours Refer to the information for Juju Sdn. Bhd. above. Juju uses departmental overhead rates. In the firing department, overhead is applied on the basis of kiln hours (number of hours spent in the gas-fired kiln). In the polishing department, overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. Actual data for the month of June are as follows: Firing Department Polishing Department Total RM RM RM Overhead 9,370 8,600 34,000 43,370 Direct labour hours 2,350 10,950 Kiln hours 7.400 7,400 Required: i) Calculate the predetermined overhead rates for the firing and polishing departments. ii) Calculate the overhead applied to production in each department for the month of June. iii) Identify whether overhead variance for each department has been overapplied or underapplied?

Principles of Accounting Volume 2

19th Edition

ISBN:9781947172609

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter4: Job Order Costing

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8PB: Queen Bees Honey, Inc., estimated its annual overhead to be $110,000 and based its predetermined...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Use the following information for Questions 1 a) and 1 b): a) At the beginning of the year, Juju Sdn. Bhd. estimated the following: Firing Department Polishing Department Total RM RM RM Overhead 405,000 110,000 515,000 Direct labour hours 28,750 100,000 128,750 Kiln hours 90,000 90,000 Refer to the information for Juju Sdn. Bhd. above. Juju uses departmental overhead rates. In the firing department, overhead is applied on the basis of kiln hours (number of hours spent in the gas-fired kiln). In the polishing department, overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. Actual data for the month of June are as follows: Firing Department Polishing Department Total RM RM RM Overhead 34,000 9,370 43,370 Direct labour hours 2,350 8,600 10,950 Kiln hours 7,400 7,400 Required: i) Calculate the predetermined overhead rates for the firing and polishing departments. ii) Calculate the overhead applied to production in each department for the month of June. iii) Identify whether overhead…
Coops Stoops estimated its annual overhead to be $85,000 and based its predetermined overhead rate on 24,286 direct labor hours. At the end of the year, actual overhead was $90,000 and the total direct labor hours were 24,100. What is the entry to dispose of the over applied or under applied overhead?
A company estimates its manufacturing overhead will be $750,000 for the next year. What is the predetermined overhead rate given the following independent allocation bases? Budgeted direct labor hours: 60,000 Budgeted direct labor expense: $1,500,000 Estimated machine hours: 100,000
A company calculated the predetermined overhead based on an estimated overhead of $70.000, and the activity for the cost driver was estimated as 2,500 hours. If product A utilized 1,350 hours and product 8 utilized 1,100 hours, what was the total amount of overhead assigned to the products? A. $35000 B. $30.800 C. $37,800 D. $68,600
Queen Bees Honey, Inc., estimated its annual overhead to be $110,000 and based its predetermined overhead rate on 27,500 direct labor hours. At the end of the year, actual overhead was $106,000 and the total direct labor hours were 29,000. What is the entry to dispose of the over applied or under applied overhead?
The actual overhead for a company is $73,175. Overhead was based on 4,500 machine hours and was $3,325 over applied for the year. What is the overhead application rate per direct labor hour? What is the journal entry to dispose of the under applied overhead?
d. Assume that the actual level of activity next year was 36,000 direct labor hours and that manufactur- ing overhead was $341,550. Determine the underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead at the end of the year. e. Describe two ways of handling any underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead at the end of the year. e. Describe two ways of handling any underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead at the end of the year.
Nova Company’s total overhead cost at various levels of activity are presented below: Month Machine-Hours TotalOverhead Cost April 52,000 $ 203,860 May 42,000 $ 181,060 June 62,000 $ 226,660 July 72,000 $ 249,460 Assume that the total overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the 42,000 machine-hour level of activity is: Utilities (variable) $ 50,400 Supervisory salaries (fixed) 67,000 Maintenance (mixed) 63,660 Total overhead cost $ 181,060
Nova Company's total overhead cost at various levels of activity are presented below: Total Overhead Cost Month April May June July Machine- Hours 54,000 44,000 64,000 74,000 $ 210,240 $ 183,140 $ 237,340 $ 264,440 Assume that the total overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the 44,000 machine-hour level of activity is: Utilities (variable) Supervisory salaries (fixed) Maintenance (mixed) Total overhead cost $ 70,400 47,000 65,740 $183,140 Nova Company's management wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements. Required: 1. Estimate how much of the $264,440 of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. (Hint: to do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the $264,440 consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behavior of variable and fixed costs.) 2. Using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance in the form Y = a +…
Nova Company’s total overhead cost at various levels of activity are presented below: Month Machine-Hours TotalOverheadCost April 52,000 $ 202,860 May 42,000 $ 179,060 June 62,000 $ 226,660 July 72,000 $ 250,460 Assume that the total overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The breakdown of these costs at the 42,000 machine-hour level of activity is: Utilities (variable) $ 50,400 Supervisory salaries (fixed) 66,000 Maintenance (mixed) 62,660 Total overhead cost $ 179,060 Nova Company’s management wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements. Required: 1. Estimate how much of the $250,460 of overhead cost in July was maintenance cost. (Hint: to do this, it may be helpful to first determine how much of the $250,460 consisted of utilities and supervisory salaries. Think about the behavior of variable and fixed costs.) 2. Using the high-low…
Archangel Manufacturing calculated a predetermined overhead allocation rate at the beginning of the year based on direct labor costs. The production details for the year are given below: Total manufacturing overhead costs estimated at the beginning of the year Total direct labor costs estimated at the beginning of the year Total direct labor hours estimated at the beginning of the year Actual manufacturing overhead costs for the year Actual direct labor costs for the year Actual direct labor hours for the year 11,000 di 10,000 di Calculate the manufacturing overhead allocation rate for the year based on the above data (Round your final answer to two decimal places.) A. 28.00% B. 11.43% OC. 43.75% OD. 264.29%
How do I determine the cost of one unit of SW 100 and SG 150, assuming department overhead rates are used. Overhead is assigned based on machine hours in both departments. Round t two decimal places, if necessary.