Taman Astakona Sdn. Bhd. has prepared department overhead budgets for budgeted- volume levels before cost allocation for year ended 31 December 2021 as follows: Service Department: Building General Administration Sales and Distribution Operating Department: Gardening Landscaping Total for service and operating departments Required: a) The management has decided that the most appropriate inventory costs are achieved by using individual department overhead rates. These rates are developed after service department costs are allocated to operating departments. Department Building General Administration Sales and Distribution Gardening Landscaping Building department costs is distributed based on square feet of floor space occupied General Administration department costs is distributed based on number of employees and Sales and Distribution department costs are based on number of requisitions. Bases for allocating cost are to be selected from the following: Direct labor- hours 5,000 15,000 RM Number of employees 50,000 30,000 26,090 20 15 20 30 50 64,700 48,900 219,690 Square feet of floor space occupied 6,000 4,500 5,500 15,000 50,000 Number of Requisitions 100 50 60 4,000 8,000 Allocate the service departments' costs to the operating departments using the direc method. Compute overhead application rates per direct labor hour for Gardening and Landscaping.
Master Budget
A master budget can be defined as an estimation of the revenue earned or expenses incurred over a specified period of time in the future and it is generally prepared on a periodic basis which can be either monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annually. It helps a business, an organization, or even an individual to manage the money effectively. A budget also helps in monitoring the performance of the people in the organization and helps in better decision-making.
Sales Budget and Selling
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