Sheffield Music Company makes custom marimbas and xylophones. Since much of the work on these musical instruments is done by hand, the company uses direct labor hours as its manufacturing overhead application base. The company’s annual budgeted overhead costs for 38,000 direct labor hours totaled $494,000. (a) Assume that during the year, the company incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $517,000 for 41,000 direct labor hours. By how much was manufacturing overhead under- or overapplied for the year?       overapplied, underapplied, neither  Overhead   $enter the manufacturing overhead in dollars     (b) Assume that during the year, the company incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $517,000 for 39,000 direct labor hours. By how much was manufacturing overhead under- or overapplied for the year?       over applied, under applied, neither  Overhead   $enter the manufacturing overhead in dollars     (c) Assume that during the year, the company incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $480,000 for 38,000 direct labor hours. By how much was manufacturing overhead under- or overapplied for the year?       over applied, underapplied, neither  Overhead   $enter the manufacturing overhead in dollars

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Sheffield Music Company makes custom marimbas and xylophones. Since much of the work on these musical instruments is done by hand, the company uses direct labor hours as its manufacturing overhead application base. The company’s annual budgeted overhead costs for 38,000 direct labor hours totaled $494,000.

(a) Assume that during the year, the company incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $517,000 for 41,000 direct labor hours. By how much was manufacturing overhead under- or overapplied for the year?
   
 
overapplied, underapplied, neither
 Overhead   $enter the manufacturing overhead in dollars  

 

(b) Assume that during the year, the company incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $517,000 for 39,000 direct labor hours. By how much was manufacturing overhead under- or overapplied for the year?
   
 
over applied, under applied, neither
 Overhead   $enter the manufacturing overhead in dollars  

 

(c) Assume that during the year, the company incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $480,000 for 38,000 direct labor hours. By how much was manufacturing overhead under- or overapplied for the year?
   
 
over applied, underapplied, neither
 Overhead   $enter the manufacturing overhead in dollars  
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Predetermined overhead rate = Estimated manufacturing overhead / Estimated direct labor hours 

= $494,000 / 38,000 hours

= $13 per hour

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