Question

g The Nite Lite Factory produces two products - small lamps and desk lamps. It has two separate departments - finishing and production. The overhead budget for the finishing department is $550,000, using 500,000 direct labor hours. The overhead budget for the production department is $400,000 using 80,000 direct labor hours. If the budget estimates that a desk lamp will require 2 hours of finishing and 1 hour of production, how much factory overhead will be allocated to each unit of desk lamps using the multiple production department factory overhead rate method with an allocation base of direct labor hours

Answer 1

$7.20

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the following :

FINISHING department :

overhead budget = $550,000

direct labor HOURS = 500,000

PRODUCTION department :

overhead budget = $400,000

direct labor hours = 80,000

Predetermined allocation rate for finishing department :

Overhead / allocation base = ($550,000 / 500,000) = $1.10 per direct labor hour

Predetermined allocation rate for production department :

Overhead / allocation base = ($400,000 / 80,000) = $5 per direct labor hour

If the budget estimates that a desk lamp will require 2 hours of finishing and 1 hour of production:

Finishing department :

(2 × Predetermined allocation rate for finishing department)

= (2 × $1.10) = $2.20

Production :

(1 × Predetermined allocation rate for production department)

= (1 × $5). = $5

Total = ($2.20 + $5) = $7.20