Question

A manufacturing company has the following budgeted overhead costs: Indirect materials: $0.50 per unit; Utilities: $0.25 per unit; Supervisory salaries: $60,000; Building rent: $80,000. If the company expects to produce 200,000 units using 100,000 hours of direct labor, the standard overhead rate will be $

Answer 1

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $1.45 per unit

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we will calculate the variable overhead per unit:

Unitary variable overhead= Indirect materials + Utilities

Unitary variable overhead= 0.5 + 0.25

Unitary variable overhead= $0.75 per unit

Now, the total fixed overhead, and fixed overhead rate:

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Total fixed overhead= Supervisory salaries + Building rent

Total fixed overhead= 60,000 + 80,000

Total fixed overhead= $140,000

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= 140,000 / 200,000

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $0.7 per unit

Finally, the total predetermined overhead rate:

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= 0.75 + 0.7

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $1.45 per unit