Question

Dallas Company uses a job order costing system. The company's executives estimated that direct labor would be $3,360,000 (240,000 hours at $14/hour) and that factory overhead would be $1,540,000 for the current period. At the end of the period, the records show that there had been 220,000 hours of direct labor and $1,240,000 of actual overhead costs. Using direct labor hours as a base, what was the predetermined overhead rate?

Answer 1

Answer:

Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= $6.42 per direct labor hour

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

The company's executives estimated that direct labor would be $3,360,000 (240,000 hours at $14/hour) and that factory overhead would be $1,540,000 for the current period.  

Using direct labor hours as a base, what was the predetermined overhead rate?

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

Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= 1,540,000/240,000= $6.42 per direct labor hour