Question

During the month of August, Ranson Productions applied overhead to jobs using an overhead rate of $0.60 per dollar of direct labor. Actual direct labor in August was 12,000 hours at $15.00 per hour, for a total of $180,000. Estimated overhead in August was $111,600.

Actual overhead was composed of the following items:
Indirect materials $ 16,400
Indirect labor 22,000
Utilities 24,500
Depreciation 38,700
Repair expense 13,500
Total $115,100
How much overhead was applied during August by Ranson Productions?
A. $115,100
B. $108,000
C. More information is needed to answer
D. $111,600

Answer 1

B. $108,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the overhead applied is as follows:

= Total actual direct labors cost × overhead rate

= $180,000 × 0.60

= $108,000

Hence, the overhead was applied during August by Ranson Productions is $108,000

We simply applied the above formula