Marquis Company estimates that annual manufacturing overhead costs will be $850,860. Estimated annual operating activity bases are direct labor cost $489,000, direct labor hours 48,900, and machine hours 97,800. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for each activity base. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50% or 10.50.) Overhead rate per direct labor cost Overhead rate per direct labor hour Overhead rate per machine hour $ $ %
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.
The overhead rate is calculated as the estimated overhead costs divided by the estimated base activity. The overhead is applied to the production on the basis of the pre-determined overhead rate.
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