Calculate a plant-wide overhead rate

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Question - Jardine Ltd is developing factory overhead rates for the coming year.  Budgeted overhead costs for the five factory departments are as follows:

 

Cost ($)

Cost Driver

Milling

79,500

Machine hours

Finishing

84,600

Direct labour hours

Maintenance

40,500

Repair hours

Factory storeroom

52,800

Requisitions

Factory office

37,800

No. of employees

Total

$295,200

 

Estimated operating statistics for the coming year are:

Departments

Repair hours

No. of Requisitions

No. ofemployees

Machinehours

Direct labourHours

Production:

 

 

 

 

 

Milling

5,000

420

10

7,500

12,750

Finishing

2,500

240

8

4,000

11,250

Support:

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance

400

80

2

 

 

Factory storeroom

600

40

2

 

 

Factory office

200

40

2

 

 

Total

8,700

820

24

11,500

24,000

Required:

(a) Calculate a plant-wide overhead rate based on direct labour hours.

(b) Calculate departmental overhead rates assuming the support departments' costs are allocated using the direct method.

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