Question: Jenny Manufacturing Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the Corporation worked 55,000 actual direct labor hours and incurred $520,000 of actual manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation had estimated that it would work 52,000 direct labor hours during the year and incur $468,000 of manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation's manufacturing overhead cost for the year was: a. overapplied by $25,000. b. underapplied by $27,000. c. underapplied by $25,000. d. overapplied by $27,000.
Question: Jenny Manufacturing Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Last year, the Corporation worked 55,000 actual direct labor hours and incurred $520,000 of actual manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation had estimated that it would work 52,000 direct labor hours during the year and incur $468,000 of manufacturing overhead costs. The Corporation's manufacturing overhead cost for the year was: a. overapplied by $25,000. b. underapplied by $27,000. c. underapplied by $25,000. d. overapplied by $27,000.
Chapter6: Activity-based, Variable, And Absorption Costing
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