Hilltop Manufacturing uses a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on direct labor hours to allocate manufacturing overhead to jobs. Selected data about the company's operations follows: Actual manufacturing overhead cost $500,900 Estimated manufacturing overhead cost $551,000 Estimated direct labor cost $175,200 Estimated direct labor hours 50,500 Actual direct labor hours 60,800 Estimated machine hours 40,300 Actual machine hours 35,800By how much was manufacturing overhead overallocated or underallocated for the year? (Round intermediary calculations to the nearest cent.)
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
Manufacturing Overhead Allocated = Actual Machine Hours x Predetermined Overhead Rate
Predetermined Overhead Rate = Estimated Manufacturing overhead / Estimated Machine Hours
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