Question

Jones Company allocates manufacturing overhead based on machine hours. Each chair produced should require 3 machine hours. According to the static budget, the following is expected to incur: 1,200 machine hours per month (400 chairs x 3 hours per chair) $6,000 in variable manufacturing overhead costs $8,400 in fixed manufacturing overhead costs During January, Jones Company actually used 1,100 machine hours to make 410 chairs. The company spent $5,800 in variable manufacturing overhead costs and $8,100 in fixed manufacturing overhead costs. What is the fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate (to the nearest cent)

Answer 1

the fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate is $7 per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate is shown below;

Fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate is

= Budgeted Fixed overhead ÷ Budgeted allocation base

= $8,400 ÷ 1,200 budgeted machine hours

= $7.00 per hour

Hence, the fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate is $7 per hour