Concept explainers
(1)
Concept introduction:
Activity based costing: It is an accounting technique that determines and allocates costs to overhead activities and then allocates those costs to products.
To compute:
Departmental overhead rate for both the departments based on their cost pools.
Answer to Problem 5E
Hence, the departmental overhead rate for the moulding based on the machine hours is $23.93/machine hours.
Hence, the departmental overhead rate for the trimming based on the direct labour hours is $12.29/direct labour hours.
Explanation of Solution
Department overhead rate for moulding department as follows:
=
= 23.93/machine hours
Hence, the department overhead rate for the moulding based on the machine hours is $23.93/machine hours.
Department overhead rate for trimming department as follows,
=
= 12.29/direct labour hours
Hence, the departmental overhead rate for the trimming based on the direct labour hours is $12.29/direct labour hours.
(2)
Concept introduction:
Activity based costing: It can be defined as the costing that assigns cost by using factors like cost pools related to a particular overhead and then assigns the costs to the products.
To compute:
Use department overhead rates to assign total overhead cost to each merchandise line.
Answer to Problem 5E
Total overhead cost to part A27C is $130646 and for part X82B is $67424
Explanation of Solution
Overhead cost assigned to A27C (department wise) is as follows:
Now,
Total overhead cost to A27C (department wise ) is as follows:
Overhead cost assigned to X82B (department wise) is as follows:
Now,
Total overhead cost to X82B (department wise) is as follows:
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