Reference no: EM13157919
Kumar Company has two producing departments and two support centers. The following budgeted data pertain to these four departments
Support department producing department
Maintenance personnel assembly painting
Overhead $200,000 $60,000 $43,000 $74,000
Square footage ---- 2,700 5,400 5,400
Number of employees 30 ---- 72 198
Direct labor ---- ---- 25,000 40,000
Required:
1. Allocate the overhead costs of the support departments to the producing departments using the reciprocal method. Bases for allocation are: maintenance-square footage, personnel- number of employees. (round to the nearest dollar)
2. Using direct labor hours, compute departmental overhead rates for the two producing departments. (round to the nearest cent)