Sawaya Co., Ltd., of Japan is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate considerably from year to year according to increases and decreases in the number of direct labor-hours worked in the factory. Total factory overhead costs at high and low levels of activity for recent years are given below: Direct Labor Hours 50,000 75,000 Total Factory Overhead Cost 16,250,000 20,000,000 The factory overhead costs above consist of indirect materials, rent, and maintenance. The company has analyzed these costs at the 50,000-hour level of activity as follows: Indirect Materials (Variable) 5,000,000 Rent (Fixed) 8,000,000 Maintenance (Mixed) 3,250,000 Total Factory overheads Cost 16,250,000 To have data available for planning, the company wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements Required: 1. Estimate how much of the 20,000,000 factory overhead cost at the high level of activity consists of maintenance cost. 2. using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance. 3. What total factory overhead costs would you expect the company to incur at an operating level of 70,000 direct labor-hours?

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Sawaya Co., Ltd., of Japan is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate considerably from year to year according to increases and decreases in the number of direct labor-hours worked in the factory. Total factory overhead costs at high and low levels of activity for recent years are given below:

Direct Labor Hours 50,000 75,000
Total Factory Overhead Cost 16,250,000 20,000,000

 

The factory overhead costs above consist of indirect materials, rent, and maintenance. The company has analyzed these costs at the 50,000-hour level of activity as follows:

Indirect Materials (Variable) 5,000,000
Rent (Fixed) 8,000,000
Maintenance (Mixed) 3,250,000
Total Factory overheads Cost 16,250,000

 

To have data available for planning, the company wants to break down the maintenance cost into its variable and fixed cost elements

Required:

1. Estimate how much of the 20,000,000 factory overhead cost at the high level of activity consists of maintenance cost.

2. using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for maintenance.

3. What total factory overhead costs would you expect the company to incur at an operating level of 70,000 direct labor-hours?

 

 

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