Question

The manufacturing overhead budget at Foshay Corporation is based on budgeted direct labor-hours. The direct labor budget indicates that 8,000 direct labor-hours will be required in May. The variable overhead rate is $8.30 per direct labor-hour. The company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $145,600 per month, which includes depreciation of $24,960. All other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. The company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. The predetermined overhead rate for May should be: Multiple Choice $8.30 $26.50 $23.00

Answer 1

Answer:

$26.50

Explanation:

The computation of the predetermined overhead rate is shown below:

= Variable overhead rate + fixed overhead rate

where,

Variable overhead rate is $8.30

And, the fixed overhead rate is

= $145,600 ÷ 8,000 direct labor hours

= $18.2

So, the predetermined overhead rate is

= $8.30+ $18.2

= $26.50

We simply added the available overhead rate and the fixed overhead rate so that the predetermined overhead rate could arrive