Chapter 4, Problem 4.41AP

1.

To determine

To calculate: the company’s current plant-wide overhead rate.

2.

To determine

To calculate: refined departmental overhead rates for the company.

3.

To determine

To identify: which job (Job 500 or Job 501) uses more of company’s resources.

4.

To determine

To calculate: the total amount of overhead allocated to each job if the company uses plant-wide overhead rate.

5.

To determine

To calculate: the total amount of overhead allocated to each job is the company uses departmental overhead rates.

6.

To determine

To identify: whether or not both allocation systems accurately reflect the resources that each job used.

7.

To determine

To calculate: total manufacturing cost and sales price of each job using plant-wide overhead rate.

8.

To determine

To calculate: profit earned on each job using plant-wide overhead rate & actual profit earned on each job using departmental overhead rates.

9.

To determine

To comment: on the results obtained in requirement 7 & requirement 8.