Wright Brothers is debating the use of direct labour cost or direct labour hours as the cost allocation base for allocating manufacturing overhead. The following information is available for the year ended December 31, 2007. Estimated direct labour cost Actual direct labour cost Estimated manufacturing overheads Actual manufacturing overhead costs Estimated direct labour hours Actual direct labour hours $449,500 $441,000 $359,600 $338,000 248,000 242,000 The OAR when using direct labour hours as the cost driver is
Wright Brothers is debating the use of direct labour cost or direct labour hours as the cost allocation base for allocating manufacturing overhead. The following information is available for the year ended December 31, 2007. Estimated direct labour cost Actual direct labour cost Estimated manufacturing overheads Actual manufacturing overhead costs Estimated direct labour hours Actual direct labour hours $449,500 $441,000 $359,600 $338,000 248,000 242,000 The OAR when using direct labour hours as the cost driver is
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Transcribed Image Text:Wright Brothers is debating the use of direct labour cost or direct labour hours
as the cost allocation base for allocating manufacturing overhead. The following
information is available for the year ended December 31, 2007.
Estimated direct labour cost
Actual direct labour cost
Estimated manufacturing overheads
|Actual manufacturing overhead costs
Estimated direct labour hours
Actual direct labour hours
$449,500
$441,000
$359,600
$338,000
248,000
242,000
The OAR when using direct labour hours as the cost driver is

Transcribed Image Text:Black Company uses predetermined overhead rates to apply manufacturing overheads to jobs. The predetermined
overhead rates are based on machine hours in Department A and direct labour cost in Department B. At the beginning of
the year, the company made the following estimates:
Dept. A Dept. B
Manufacturing Overhead $25,000 $30,000
Direct Labour Hours
16,000
12,000
Machine Hours
5,000
10,000
Direct Labour Cost
$20,000 $15,000
What predetermined overhead rates would be used in Departments A and B respectively?
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