Meger Manufacturing uses the direct labor cost method for applying factory overhead to production.  The budgeted direct labor cost and factory overhead for the previous fiscal year were $1,000,000 and $800,000, respectively.  Actual direct labor cost and factory overhead were $1,100,000 and $825,000, respectively. What is the amount of under- or overapplied factory overhead?   a.  $25,000 overapplied   b.  $55,000 overapplied   c.  $80,000 overapplied   d.  $50,000 underapplied

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Meger Manufacturing uses the direct labor cost method for applying factory overhead to production.  The budgeted direct labor cost and factory overhead for the previous fiscal year were $1,000,000 and $800,000, respectively.  Actual direct labor cost and factory overhead were $1,100,000 and $825,000, respectively.

What is the amount of under- or overapplied factory overhead?

 

a. 

$25,000 overapplied

 

b. 

$55,000 overapplied

 

c. 

$80,000 overapplied

 

d. 

$50,000 underapplied

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