Manufacturing overhead allocation:
Manufacturing overhead cost is the pool of all indirect costs incurred for the production. These are the costs which are not directly traceable to the product.
Under/ over allocation of overhead:
The overheads are allocated using an overhead allocation rate which is calculated on the basis of estimated overhead costs and allocation bases. Hence there may be a difference in allocated overhead and actual overhead incurred. This difference gives birth to the under/ over allocation of overhead.
To indicate:
The difference between underallocated and overallocated overhead and the reason for each situation
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