a) Prepare in columnar form a statement calculating the overhead absorption rates for each direct labour hour for each of the three production units. You should use bases of apportionment and absorption which you consider most appropriate and the bases should be clearly indicated in your statement. b) Determine the price to be quoted for a customer order using the information below: Direct material Direct labour 2500 5 hours @ 10GHS per hour 10 hours @ 10GHS per hour 12 hours @ 10GHS per hour The company wants to make a profit of 30% on the total product cost. Cutting Tents Sleeping bags c) At the end of the period, actual labour hours worked are as follows: 7000hours Cutting room Tents 50000hours 60000hours Sleeping bags The total actual overhead cost incurred was 360,000GHS. Determine the amount of over/ under absorption of overheads. How will this amount be treated in the statement of profit or loss of
a) Prepare in columnar form a statement calculating the overhead absorption rates for each direct labour hour for each of the three production units. You should use bases of apportionment and absorption which you consider most appropriate and the bases should be clearly indicated in your statement. b) Determine the price to be quoted for a customer order using the information below: Direct material Direct labour 2500 5 hours @ 10GHS per hour 10 hours @ 10GHS per hour 12 hours @ 10GHS per hour The company wants to make a profit of 30% on the total product cost. Cutting Tents Sleeping bags c) At the end of the period, actual labour hours worked are as follows: 7000hours Cutting room Tents 50000hours 60000hours Sleeping bags The total actual overhead cost incurred was 360,000GHS. Determine the amount of over/ under absorption of overheads. How will this amount be treated in the statement of profit or loss of
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Dunstan Ltd manufactures tents and sleeping bags in three separate production departments. The principal
manufacturing processes consist of cutting material in the pattern cutting room and sewing the material in
either the tent or the sleeping bag departments. For the year to 31 July cost centre expenses and other
relevant information are budgeted as follows:
Cutting Tents
room
(GHS)
Total
Sleeping Raw
Maintenance
|(GHS) bags
|(GHS)
| (GHS)
(GHS)
material
stores
(GHS)
41200
Indirect wages
Consumable materials
Plant depreciation
Power
Heat and light
Rent and rates
Building insurance
Floor area (sq. ft)
Estimated power usage (%)
Direct labour (hours)
Machine usage (hours)
Value of raw material issues
|(%)
132200
35900
80800
6400
5300
31200
19500
4100
20100
2300
24600
| 45000
24200
5000
17500
2500
31700
13800
14400
13500
27500
100
112000
87000
100
8000
17
7000
2000
10000
7000
32
48000
1500
1000
38
6.
57000
| 40000
45000
70
15
15
a) Prepare in columnar form a statement calculating the overhead absorption rates for each direct labour
hour for each of the three production units. You should use bases of apportionment and absorption which
you consider most appropriate and the bases should be clearly indicated in your statement.
b) Determine the price to be quoted for a customer order using the information below:
Direct material
Direct labour
2500
5 hours @ 10GHS per hour
10 hours @ 10GHS per hour
12 hours @ 10GHS per hour
The company wants to make a profit of 30% on the total product cost.
Cutting
Tents
Sleeping bags
c) At the end of the period, actual labour hours worked are as follows:
7000hours
Cutting room
50000hours
60000hours
Tents
Sleeping bags
The total actual overhead cost incurred was 360,000GHS. Determine the amount of over/ under
absorption of overheads. How will this amount be treated in the statement of profit or loss of
Dunstan Itd?
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