Rafner Manufacturing identified the following budgeted data in its two production departments. Assembly Finishing Manufacturing
overhead costs $ 1,112,500 $ 500,000 Direct labor hours 11,000 DLH 19,000 DLH Machine hours 5,000 MH 15,000 MH Required: 1. What is the company's single plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours? 2. What is the company's single plantwide overhead rate based on machine hours?
Answer: d. provide disclosure in the footnotes to the financial statements.
Explanation:
A contingent liability is an obligation that a company might owe in future depending on the outcome of an event such as a law suit.
To record a contingent liability in the books, two conditions must be satisfied;
Loss must be probable
Amount must be estimable
If these two conditions are not satisfied then the contingent liability may simply be disclosed as a footnote in the financial statement. The amount here is not estimable so can be disclosed as a footnote.
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