Draw up a suitable columnar form and distribute the budgeted overhead costs over the four cost centres, using appropriate bases..
Draw up a suitable columnar form and distribute the budgeted overhead costs over the four cost centres, using appropriate bases..
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A factory in London processes turkeys for sale. The production process is classified
into four cost centres and the budget for each of the cost centre is as follows:
Indirect labour
Consumables
Heating & lighting
Rent and rates
Depreciation
Supervision
Power
The following information is also available:
Labour hours
Machine hours
Floor space (sq metres)
Book value of machinery ($)
No. of employees
Kilowatt hours
Direct materials ($)
Direct labour ($)
Maintenance hours
Required:
(a)
Total
S
340,000 120,000
Cutting Cooking
$
S
140,000
82,000 24,000 32,000
24,000
36,000
60,000
(b)
48,000
40,000
630,000
(c)
Total
160
20,000
Canteen Maintenance
S
30,000 50,000
20,000 6,000
Cutting Cooking Canteen Maintenance
10,000
6,000
20,000 40,000
10
10
1,000
2,000
60,000 20,000 24,000
600,000 300,000
240,000
80
9,000
100,000
50,000
8,000
12,640
10,300
60
8,000
50,000
42,000
6,000
8,400
15,700
Draw up a suitable columnar form and distribute the budgeted overhead costs
over the four cost centres, using appropriate bases.
Reapportion the accumulated costs of the two service centres over the two
production cost centres using suitable bases.
Use appropriate bases to calculate the overhead absorption rates for each
production department.
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