Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate Scrumptious Snacks Inc. manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period: Factory depreciation $27,357   Indirect labor 67,798   Factory electricity 7,731   Indirect materials 16,058   Selling expenses 38,062   Administrative expenses 21,410     Total costs $178,416   Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:   Budgeted Volume (Cases) Processing Hours Per Case Tortilla chips   5,400     0.10     Potato chips   6,000     0.15     Pretzels   5,700     0.12       Total   17,100           If required, round all per-case answers to the nearest cent. a.  Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate. $fill in the blank 1 per processing hour b.  Use the overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles.   Total Factory Overhead Per-Case Factory Overhead Tortilla chips $fill in the blank 2 $fill in the blank 3 Potato chips    fill in the blank 4    fill in the blank 5 Pretzels    fill in the blank 6    fill in the blank 7 Total  $fill in the blank 8

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Single Plantwide Factory Overhead Rate

Scrumptious Snacks Inc. manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

Factory depreciation $27,357  
Indirect labor 67,798  
Factory electricity 7,731  
Indirect materials 16,058  
Selling expenses 38,062  
Administrative expenses 21,410  
  Total costs $178,416  

Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:

  Budgeted Volume
(Cases)
Processing Hours
Per Case
Tortilla chips   5,400     0.10    
Potato chips   6,000     0.15    
Pretzels   5,700     0.12    
  Total   17,100          

If required, round all per-case answers to the nearest cent.

a.  Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate.
$fill in the blank 1 per processing hour

b.  Use the overhead rate in (a) to determine the amount of total and per-case overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles.

  Total
Factory Overhead
Per-Case
Factory Overhead
Tortilla chips $fill in the blank 2 $fill in the blank 3
Potato chips    fill in the blank 4    fill in the blank 5
Pretzels    fill in the blank 6    fill in the blank 7
Total  $fill in the blank 8  

 

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