Question

MC Qu. 157 West Company estimates that overhead costs... West Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $3,600,000 for indirect labor and $880,000 for factory utilities. The company uses machine hours as its overhead allocation base. Of 125,000 machine hours are planned for this next year, what is the company's plantwide overhead rate

Answer 1

$35,84 per machine hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Plantwide overhead rate = Budgeted overheads ÷ Budgeted Activity

where,

Budgeted overheads = $3,600,000 + $880,000 = $4,480,000

Budgeted Activity = 125,000 machine hours

therefore,

Plantwide overhead rate = $4,480,000 ÷ 125,000

= $35,84 per machine hour