Prepare a statement showing the total overhead cost:- (i) for each production department and (ii) per unit, within each department

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Chapter7: Allocating Costs Of Support Departments And Joint Products
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LOVE Limited operates activity based costing and activity based budgeting systems.
The following information has been provided in respect of three separate production departments:

  Dept. 1 Dept. 2 Dept.3 Total
Budgeted production units 20 000 10 000 15 000 45 000
number of repair hours 6 000 1 400 5 200 12 600
number of orders issued 500 1000 800 2 300
Machine hours 400 000 300 000 200 000 900 000

Production overheads by Cost pool 

  N$
Machining 1 755 000
Stores 632 500
Quality assurance 405 000
Maintenance 378 000

Prepare a statement showing the total overhead cost:-
(i) for each production department and
(ii) per unit, within each department

 

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