Assume that a company uses a standard cost system and applies overhead to production based on direct labor-hours. It provided the following excerpt from the standard cost card of its only product: Standard Hours Standard Rate Standard Cost Fixed manufacturing overhead 2 hours $ 6.00 per hour $ 12.00 During the most recent period, the following additional information was available: The total actual fixed overhead cost was $275,000. The budgeted amount of fixed overhead cost was $285,000. 46,000 direct labor-hours were actually used to produce 24,100 units. What is the standard hours allowed for the actual output?
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Assume that a company uses a standard cost system and applies
| Standard Hours | Standard Rate | Standard Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed manufacturing overhead | 2 | hours | $ 6.00 | per hour | $ 12.00 |
During the most recent period, the following additional information was available:
- The total actual fixed overhead cost was $275,000.
- The budgeted amount of fixed overhead cost was $285,000.
- 46,000 direct labor-hours were actually used to produce 24,100 units.
What is the standard hours allowed for the actual output?
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