DHL 2‚400 1‚440 720 320 4880 Plant overhead $122‚000 D/L rate/hour $30 Youngstown has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that direct labor is a variable cost. 1. Calculate the plant-wide overhead rate. Use this rate to assign overhead costs to products and calculate the profitability
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OVERHEAD COSTS ACCOUNTING Overheads are indirect costs which can not directly be traced to cost units. The task of the cost accountant is to charge these overhead costs to cost units/products. There are two approaches of charging overhead costs to cost units Viz i. Traditional/conventional absorption costing method and‚ ii. Activity Based Costing (ABC) Classification of overheads Overheads can be classified as production or non production overheads. Production overheads are those incurred
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Activity-Based Costing to Allocate Overhead Costs The managers at Beneteau Company decided to use activity-based costing to allocate overhead in view of the point that its benefits would surpass the cost. With ABC‚ This costing use different cost groups which are organized according to different activities to allocate overhead costs. The production and maintenance of the product includes all activities such as purchasing materials‚ inventory management‚ assembling parts and verifying final products
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were 163‚000. Required： 1. Compute the (a) budgeted indirect-cost rate and (b) actual indirect-cost rate. Why do they differ? 2. What are the job costs of the Laguna Model and the Mission Model using (a) normal costing and (b) actual costing? 3. Why might Amesbury Construction prefer normal costing over actual costing? Answer： 1. = = = $50 per direct labor-hour = = = $40 per direct labor-hour These two rates differ because both the number of indirect costs and direct labor-hours
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Using Overhead Transparencies by Lenny Laskowski © 1997 LJL Seminars http://www.ljlseminars.com While the current trend in the training industry is heading toward the use of the LCD Projector technology‚ the overhead projector is still the most popular presentation device used today. Most facilities have an overhead projector in every training room or conference room. Although it is the most widely used‚ it is also the biggest abused. Some presenters continue to misuse the overhead projector
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level. True False 3. The overhead spending variance and the overhead efficiency variance are useful only if variable overhead really should be proportional to the activity measure that is being used in the flexible budget. True False 4. The variable overhead efficiency variance reflects how efficiently variable overhead resources were used. True False 5. A reason for keeping a constant denominator activity level is to maintain stability in the amount of overhead cost that is applied to each
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Traditional Overhead Costing vs Activity Based Overhead Costing Activity based costing deals with the key activities in which the firm’s resources are put. It accumulates overhead costs for each such activity. It is also used in determining the drivers of these activities. It assigns the cost of these activities to their ultimate cost centre. Activity based costing is rather a refinement over traditional costing system. The major differences are as follows: Under traditional costing‚ the overheads are
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The Overhead Projector (OHP) August 24‚ 2012 Introduction Overhead Projectors are still being used in a lot of schools‚ like in the Philippines. It is not as modern as other equipments‚ but it still serves its purpose which is to show enlarged images on screen. I. Description The Overhead Projector is an optical device for showing images on screen‚ usually for group viewing. The OHP is mainly used for
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Overhead Garage doors Overhead Garage doors the most reliable in the homes‚ ensures garage day or night‚ winter or summer. For included genuine feelings of serenity‚ overhead garage doors must be tough and dependable. It gives security in the night‚ of your garage entryway will help you rest guaranteed that your family is protected. Overhead Garage doors incorporate conventional steel garage doors‚ aluminum garage doors‚ wood garage doors‚ carriage style garage doors‚ fiberglass garage doors‚ vinyl
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analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed‚ at least in the short run. One benefit of using
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