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Manufacturing
Predetermined Overhead Allocation Rate: A predetermined overhead allocation rate is used to assign the indirect manufacturing overhead costs to the units of production. It is computed by dividing the estimated overhead cost by an estimated quantity of allocation base.
Allocation Base: An allocation base is used to allocate the indirect overhead costs. For example: Direct labor hours, machine hours, direct labor cost etc.
Plant-wide Overhead Allocation Rate: It is a single overhead allocation rate used by a company to assign or allocate all of the indirect manufacturing overhead costs to the units of production.
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To Compute: The predetermined overhead allocation rate.
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The amount of overhead allocated in October.
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