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Wilson Enterprises applies overhead based on direct labor cost. The company estimates that their overhead for the year will be $240,000, and direct labor cost to be $300,000. Actual direct labor cost for Martinez Manufacturing was $280,000 and actual overhead costs were $220,000. At the end of the year, manufacturing overhead was:
1. Overapplied by $20,000.
2. Underapplied by $20,000.
3. Overapplied by $4,000.
4. Underapplied by $4,000.
3. Overapplied by $4,000.
Working:
Overhead rate | = | Estimated Overhead/Estimated direct labor cost | |||||||||
= | $ 2,40,000 | / | $ 3,00,000 | ||||||||
= | $ 0.80 | Per direct labor cost | |||||||||
Applied Overhead | = | Actual Labor cost*Overhead rate | |||||||||
= | $ 2,80,000 | x | $ 0.80 | Per direct labor cost | |||||||
= | $ 2,24,000 | ||||||||||
Actual Overhead cost | $ 2,20,000 | ||||||||||
Applied Overhead is more than actual overhead.So, at the end of year manufacturing overhead was overappliedd by $ 4,000. | |||||||||||