A manufacturing company applies factory overhead based on direct labor hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated that factory overhead costs would be $404,064 and direct labor hours would be 44,896. Actual factory overhead costs incurred were $436,743, and actual direct labor hours were 50,549. What is the amount of overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead at the end of the year? Oa. $18,198 overapplied Ob. $454,941 overapplied Oc. $18,198 underapplied Od. $50,877 underapplied
A manufacturing company applies factory overhead based on direct labor hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated that factory overhead costs would be $404,064 and direct labor hours would be 44,896. Actual factory overhead costs incurred were $436,743, and actual direct labor hours were 50,549. What is the amount of overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead at the end of the year? Oa. $18,198 overapplied Ob. $454,941 overapplied Oc. $18,198 underapplied Od. $50,877 underapplied
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![A manufacturing company applies factory overhead based on direct labor hours. At the
beginning of the year, it estimated that factory overhead costs would be $404,064 and direct
labor hours would be 44,896. Actual factory overhead costs incurred were $436,743, and
actual direct labor hours were 50,549. What is the amount of overapplied or underapplied
manufacturing overhead at the end of the year?
Oa. $18,198 overapplied
Ob. $454,941 overapplied
Oc. $18,198 underapplied
Od. $50,877 underapplied](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe8dbb38b-67db-4869-a2fb-b3f37c286b0c%2F6cb92f50-18f8-41dc-a129-c3964ace29d7%2Fbzzrqj2_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A manufacturing company applies factory overhead based on direct labor hours. At the
beginning of the year, it estimated that factory overhead costs would be $404,064 and direct
labor hours would be 44,896. Actual factory overhead costs incurred were $436,743, and
actual direct labor hours were 50,549. What is the amount of overapplied or underapplied
manufacturing overhead at the end of the year?
Oa. $18,198 overapplied
Ob. $454,941 overapplied
Oc. $18,198 underapplied
Od. $50,877 underapplied
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Overhead cost is applied in the manufacturing firm on the basis of direct labor hours. Estimated unit overhead cost is based on the estimated overhead cost and estimated direct labor hours.
Overhead overapplied or underapplied is comparison of actual overhead cost and applied overhead cost.
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