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H Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate base on machine-hours that it recalculates at the beginning of each year. The company has provided the following data for the most recent year.
| Estimated manufacturing overhead from the beginning of the year |
$ | 310,000 | |
| Estimated activity level from the beginning of the year | 20,000 | machine-hours | |
| Actual total fixed manufacturing overhead | $ | 338,000 | |
| Actual activity level | 18,300 | machine-hours | |
The amount of manufacturing overhead that would have been applied to all jobs during the period is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)
Multiple Choice
$283,650
$309,270
$28,000
$310,000
| Working Notes: | ||||||
| CACLULATION OF OVERHEAD APPLICATION RATE PER MAHCINE HOURS | ||||||
| Overhead Application Rate = | Estimated Manufacturing Overhead | "/" | Estimated Machine Hours | "=" | Estimated Overhead rate PER Machine Hrs | |
| Overhead Application Rate = | $ 3,10,000 | "/" | 20,000 | "=" | $ 15.50 | |
| Solution: | ||||||
| CALCULATION OF MAHCINE OVERHEAD APPLIED | ||||||
| Actual Machine Overhead Worked | 18300 | Machine Hours | ||||
| Multiply By | "X" By | |||||
| Estimated Overhead rate Per Machine Hrs | $ 15.50 | |||||
| Applied Overhead = | $ 2,83,650 | |||||
| Answer = Option 1 = $ 283,650 | ||||||