Question

Crinkle Cut Clothes Company manufactures two products CC1 and CC2. Current direct material and direct labor costs are detailed below. Next year the company wishes to use a plantwide overhead rate with direct labor hours as its allocation base. Next year's overhead is estimated to be $338,250. The direct labor and direct materials costs are estimated to be consistent with the current year. Direct labor costs $28 per hour and the company expects to manufacture 22,000 units of CC1 and 91,000 units of CC2 next year.

CC1: Direct material per unit $37.10, Direct Labor Dollars Per Unit $22.40
CC2: Direct material per unit $25.20, Direct Labor Dollars Per Unit $15.40

Compute the plantwide overhead rate for next year.

$28.00 per DLH.
$37.80 per DLH.
$1.35 per DLH.
$5.00 per DLH.
$.20 per DLH.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D.

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Next year's overhead is estimated to be $338,250.

Direct labor costs $28 per hour and the company expects to manufacture 22,000 units of CC1 and 91,000 units of CC2 next year.

CC1: Direct Labor Dollars Per Unit $22.40

CC2: Direct Labor Dollars Per Unit $15.40

First, we need to calculate the number of direct labor hours required:

CC1= 22.4/28= 0.8 direct labor hours per unit

CC2= 15.4/28= 0.55 direct labor hours per unit

CC1= 22,000 units* 0.8= 17,600 hours

CC2= 91,000* 0.55= 50,050 hours

Total= 67,650 hours

To calculate the estimated manufacturing overhead rate we need to use the following formula:

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

Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= 338,250/ 67,650= %5 per direct labor hour