Question

Departmental Overhead Rates Lansing, Inc., provided the following data for its two producing departments:

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

1. Overhead rates

For Molding Deptt

= Total Estimated overhead ÷ Total Machine hours

= $400,000 ÷ 5,000

= $80 per machine hour

For Polishing Deptt

= Total Estimated overhead ÷ Total Labor hours

= $80,000 ÷ 20,000

= $4 per machine hour

2. Overheads assigned to Form A is

= (80 × 3500) + (4 × 5000)

= $300,000

Overheads assigned to Form B is

= (80 × 1500) + (4 × 15000)

= $180,000

Now

Overhead cost per unit

Form A = $300,000 ÷ 30,000 = $10 per unit

Form B = $180,000 ÷ 50,000 = $3.6 per unit