In: Accounting
During March 2019, Alaska Corporation recorded $236,000 of costs related to factory overhead. Alaska's overhead application rate is based on direct labor hours. The preset formula for overhead application estimated that $250,000 would be incurred, and 12,500 direct labor hours would be worked. During March, 13,300 hours were actually worked. Use this information to determine the amount of overhead over or under applied. Enter overapplied overhead as a negative number. (round & enter any final dollar answers to the nearest whole dollar)
Working Notes: | ||||||
CACLULATION OF OVERHEAD APPLICATION RATE PER LABOR HOURS | ||||||
Overhead Application Rate = | Budgeted Overhead Cost | "/" | Estimated Direct Labor Hours | "=" | Estimated Overhead rate PER Labor Hrs | |
Overhead Application Rate = | $ 250,000 | "/" | 12,500 | "=" | $ 20.00 | |
Solution: | ||||||
CALCULATION OF TOTAL OVERHEAD APPLIED | ||||||
Applied Ovehead = | Labor Hours Used | "X" | Rate Per Hours | "=" | Overhead Cost Applied | |
Applied Ovehead = | 13,300 | "X" | $ 20.00 | "=" | $ 266,000 | |
Applied Ovehead = | "=" | $ 266,000 | ||||
Actual Overhead incurred = | $ 236,000 | |||||
Less: Overhead Applied | $ 266,000 | |||||
Overapplied Overhead | $ (30,000) | |||||
Answer = Overapplied Overhead = $ (30,000) | ||||||