Reference no: EM132611529
Fencing Ltd, a small jobbing company, has the following budgeted figures for the coming year:
Direct materials sh.420,000
Direct labour sh.134,400
Factory overheads sh.120,000
Budgeted direct labour hours 16,000 hours
Budgeted machine hours 8,000 hours
Question (a) You are required to calculate:
(i) The overhead absorption rate per direct labour hour.
(ii) The overhead absorption rate per machine hour.
The details of a customer's Job No. 001 are as follows:
Direct materials sh.20,000
Direct labour hours 260 hours
Machine hours 170 hours
Required:
Question (b) Calculate the cost of Job No. 001 using the overhead absorption rate per machine hour.
Question (c) Calculate the cost of Job No. 001 using the overhead absorption rate per direct labour hour.
Question (d) Calculate the selling price of Job No. 001 to the customer using the labour overhead absorption rate (as calculated in (a) above and assuming a mark-up of 20% on cost)