Activity Expected Costs Expected Activity Handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts Inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches Processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders Paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices Insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet Designing packaging 75,000 2 models Required: 1. Compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. In January 2017, the Deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. Assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

1. Plant wide overhead rate = Budgeted Overheads ÷ Budgeted Activity.

where,

Budgeted Overheads :

Handling materials                  625,000

Inspecting product                  900,000

 Processing purchase orders   105,000

Paying suppliers                       175,000  

Insuring the factory                 300,000

Designing packaging                75,000

Total Cost                               2,180,000

And, the budgeted activity is 125,000

So, Plant wide overhead rate is

= Budgeted Overheads ÷ Budgeted Activity.

= $2,180,000/125,000

= $17.44 per direct labor hour

Now Assignment of Overheads

As Deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours

So, Deluxe model = 2,500 × $17.44

= $43,600

As Basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours

So, Basic model = 6,000 × $17.44

= $104,640

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