Jasmine Company manufactures both pesticide and liquid fertilizer, with each product manufactured in separate departments. Three support departments support the production departments: Power, General Factory, and Purchasing. Budgeted data on the five departments are as follows:                             Support Department    -              Producing Departmen                  Power, Gen. Factory, Purchasing       Pesticide,, Liquid Fertilitzer Overhead  90,000   314,000       167,000              78,900    107,800 Sq. Ft         1,500      ---               1,500                    4,200     4,800 Machine Hr ----         1,403        1,345                 24,000       8,000 Purch orders  20      40                  7                       120            60   The company does not break overhead into fixed and variable components. The bases for allocation are power—machine hours; general factory—square feet; and purchasing—purchase orders. Instructions: 1) Allocate the overhead costs to the producing departments using the direct method. (Take allocation ratios out to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar.) 2) Using machine hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round the overhead rates to the nearest cent.)

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Jasmine Company manufactures both pesticide and liquid fertilizer, with each product manufactured in separate departments. Three support departments support the production departments: Power, General Factory, and Purchasing. Budgeted data on the five departments are as follows:

                            Support Department    -              Producing Departmen

                 Power, Gen. Factory, Purchasing       Pesticide,, Liquid Fertilitzer
Overhead  90,000   314,000       167,000              78,900    107,800
Sq. Ft         1,500      ---               1,500                    4,200     4,800
Machine Hr ----         1,403        1,345                 24,000       8,000
Purch orders  20      40                  7                       120            60
 

The company does not break overhead into fixed and variable components. The bases for allocation are power—machine hours; general factory—square feet; and purchasing—purchase orders.

Instructions:

1) Allocate the overhead costs to the producing departments using the direct method. (Take allocation ratios out to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar.)

2) Using machine hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round the overhead rates to the nearest cent.)

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