Question

Icy Mocha Company estimates its factory overhead costs to be $35,000 and machine hours to be 5,000 for the year. If the actual hours worked on Jobs 333 and Jobs 334 total 4,980 and actual factory overhead costs are $34,700, what is the amount of either over- or underapplied factory overhead

Answer 1

$160 overapplied

Step-by-step explanation:

Icy Mocha company estimates it's factory overhead costs to be $35,000 and machine hours to be 5,000 for a period of one year.

The actual number of hours worked on job 333 and 334 equals a total of 4,980

The actual factory overhead costs are $34,700

The first step is to calculate the predetermined overhead rate

= Overhead costs/machine hours

= $35,000/5,000

= $7

The amount of either over or underapplied factory costs can be calculated as follows

= predetermined overhead rate×actual number of hours worked

= $7×4,980

= $34,860

The amount is then subtracted from the actual overhead costs

= $34,700-$34860

= -$160

= $160 overapplied

Hence the amount of overapplied factory overhead is $160