If Isaacson's continues to use the plantwide overhead​ rate, how much manufacturing overhead would be allocated to Job 450 and Job​ 455? 4. If Isaacson's uses departmental overhead​ rates, how much manufacturing overhead would be allocated to Job 450 and Job​455? 5. Based on your answers to Requirements 3 and​ 4, does the plantwide overhead rate overcost or undercost either​ job?

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Isaacson's Fine Furnishings manufactures upscale custom furniture. Isaacson's currently uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours to allocate its $1,170,000 of manufacturing overhead to individual jobs.​ However, Delores Johnson​, owner and​ CEO, is considering refining the​ company's costing system by using departmental overhead rates.​ Currently, the Machining Department incurs $735,000 of manufacturing overhead while the Finishing Department incurs $435,000 of manufacturing overhead. Johnson has identified machine hours​ (MH) as the primary manufacturing overhead cost driver in the Machining Department and direct labor​ (DL) hours as the primary cost driver in the Finishing Department.

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If Isaacson's continues to use the plantwide overhead​ rate, how much manufacturing overhead would be allocated to Job 450 and Job​ 455?

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If Isaacson's uses departmental overhead​ rates, how much manufacturing overhead would be allocated to Job 450 and Job​455?

5.

Based on your answers to Requirements 3 and​ 4, does the plantwide overhead rate overcost or undercost either​ job? Explain. If Isaacson's sells its furniture at​ 125% of​ cost, will its choice of allocation systems affect product​ pricing? Explain.
The Isaacson's plant completed Jobs 450 and 455 on May 15. Both jobs incurred a total of 7 DL hours throughout the entire production process. Job 450 incurred 1 MH in the Machining Department and 6 DL hours in the Finishing Department​ (the other DL hour occurred in the Machining​ Department). Job 455 incurred 7 MH in the Machining Department and 5 DL hours in the Finishing Department​ (the other two DL hours occurred in the Machining​ Department).
 
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Plantwide overhead rate = Total manufacturing overhead / Total labor hours

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