Question

Lane Company manufactures a single product that requires a great deal of hand labor. Overhead cost is applied on the basis of standard direct labor-hours. The budgeted variable manufacturing overhead is $2 per direct labor-hour and the budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $480,000 per year. The standard quantity of materials is 3 pounds per unit and the standard cost is $7 per pound. The standard direct labor-hours per unit is 1.5 hours and the standard labor rate is $12 per hour. The company planned to operate at a denominator activity level of 60,000 direct labor-hours and to produce 40,000 units of product during the most recent year. Actual activity and costs for the year were as follows: Actual number of units produced 42,000 Actual direct labor-hours worked 65,000 Actual variable manufacturing overhead cost incurred $ 123,500 Actual fixed manufacturing overhead cost incurred $ 483,000 Required: 1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for the year. Break the rate down into variable and fixed elements.

Answer 1

$8 per direct labor hours and $2 per direct labor hours

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the predetermined overhead rate is shown below:

Predetermined overhead rate = Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead ÷ planned activity level

= $480,000 ÷ 60,000 direct labor hours

= $8 per direct labor hours

And, the budgeted variable manufacturing overhead is $2 per direct labor hours

We simply divide the budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead by the planned activity level