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Exercise 8-5 Manufacturing Overhead Budget [LO8-6]
The direct labor budget of Yuvwell Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours:
1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | |
Budgeted direct labor-hours | 10,000 | 9,200 | 9,500 | 10,300 |
The company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. The variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $4.50 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $68,000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $17,000 per quarter.
Required:
1. Prepare the company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
2. Compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year.