View Full Version : What is the applied overhead based on Direct-labor costs?
 
 KerriB
May 13, 2008, 08:29 AM
Data available for the year:
 
Budgeted factory overhead $675,000
Actual factory overhead $ 726,000
Budgeted direct-labor costs $ 450,000
Actual diret-labor costs $ 482,000
 
End of year balances:
 
Materials Inventory $ 120,000
WIP inventory $ 100,000
Cost of Goods sold $ 150,000
Finished goods inventory $ 250,000
 
What is the applied overhead based on direct-labor costs?
 
Prorate the overhead variance to the appropriate accounts.
 morgaine300
May 14, 2008, 01:52 AM
Overhead rate = estimated overhead costs/estimated activity base
 
(Activity base can be things like machine hours, direct labor hours, direct labor dollars.  The problem always tells you what to use.)
 
Applied overhead = rate from above x actual activity base.
 
Please make an attempt to do your own work, and then we can help you.
 KerriB
May 15, 2008, 07:31 AM
Overhead rate = estimated overhead costs/estimated activity base
 
(Activity base can be things like machine hours, direct labor hours, direct labor dollars.  The problem always tells you what to use.)
 
Applied overhead = rate from above x actual activity base.
 
Please make an attempt to do your own work, and then we can help you.
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you for your information to get this problem resolved and I didn't know where to begin to answer this question and believe me I have attempted to do this problem.
 
Thanks!
 higity
Sep 19, 2010, 09:47 PM
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 higity
Sep 19, 2010, 09:49 PM
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 morgaine300
Sep 19, 2010, 11:26 PM
higity, the thread is 2 years old & I'm closing it.  
 
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