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Exercise 17-1 (Part Level Submission)
Saddle Inc. has two types of handbags: standard and custom. The controller has decided to use a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor costs. The president has heard of activity-based costing and wants to see how the results would differ if this system were used. Two activity cost pools were developed: machining and machine setup. Presented below is information related to the company’s operations.Standard
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Direct labor costs $52,000 $120,000 Machine hours 1,170 1,100 Setup hours 99 420Total estimated overhead costs are $301,000. Overhead cost allocated to the machining activity cost pool is $197,000, and $104,000 is allocated to the machine setup activity cost pool.
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Compute the overhead rate using the traditional (plantwide) approach. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)Predetermined overhead rate % of direct labor cost Click if you would like to Show Work for this question:
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Total Labour cost = 52000+120000 = $172000
Manufacturing overhead = $301000
Predetermine overhead rate = Estimated manufacturing overhead/Estimated labour cost
= 301000/172000
Predetermine overhead rate = 175% of labour cost
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