Reference no: EM132607601
The following annual data relate to Facsimile Printing Pty Ltd:
Budgeted machine hours 15,000
Budgeted direct labour hours 30,000
Budgeted direct labour cost $420,000
Budgeted manufacturing overhead $546,000
During the month of June the firm worked on three products-business cards, wedding invitations and promotion flyers-using the following inputs:
Business cards Wedding Invitations Promotion flyers
Actual machine hours 600 300 200
Actual direct labour hours 800 600 400
Actual manufacturing overhead costs for June were $51 000 and the actual direct labour rate was $22.50 per hour.
Required:
Assume that the firm uses machine hours as its overhead cost driver:
Question 1. Calculate the firm's predetermined plantwide overhead rate.
Question 2. Estimate the overhead costs of each of the three products.
Compare the actual overhead cost to the amount of overhead applied to the three products in June