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The Zef Radiator Company uses a normal-costing system with a single manufacturing overhead cost pool and machine-hours as the cost-allocation base. The following data are for 2017:
Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead Costs | $ 4,875,000 |
Overhead Allocation Base | machine-hours |
Budgeted machine-hours | 75,000 |
Manufacturing Overhead Costs Incurred | $ 5,125,000 |
Actual machine-hours | 80,000 |
Machine-hours data and the ending balances (before proration of under- or overallocated overhead) are as follows:
Actual Machine-Hours | 2017 End-of-Year Balance | |
Cost of Goods Sold | 60,000 | $ 8,500,000 |
Finished Goods Control | 12,000 | 1,000,000 |
Work-in-Process Control | 8,000 | 500,000 |
Question:
1. |
Compute the budgeted manufacturing overhead rate for 2017. | |
2. |
Compute the under- or overallocated manufacturing
overhead of Zef Radiator in 2017. Dispose of this amount using the following: |
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a. |
Write-off to Cost of Goods Sold |
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b. |
Proration based on ending balances (before proration) in Work-in-Process Control, Finished Goods Control, and Cost of Goods Sold |
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c. |
Proration based on the overhead allocated in 2017 (before proration) in the ending balances of Work-in-Process Control, Finished Goods Control, and Cost of Goods Sold | |
3. |
Which method do you prefer in requirement 2? Explain. |