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X Company uses a plantwide overhead allocation system with direct labor hours as

ID: 2378819 • Letter: X

Question

X Company uses a plantwide overhead allocation system with direct labor hours as the activity measure.  The following is budgeted total cost and activity information for 2013:


-Direct Materials         $346,500

-Direct Labor              $367,500

-Direct Labor Hours     24,500

-Factory Overhead      $558,000


The following information is taken from the job sheet for job A in 2013:


Total Direct Materials: $49,500

Total Direct Labor Hours: 750

Total Direct Labor: $82,500

Total Overhead: ????


How much overhead was allocated to job A?

Explanation / Answer

Per hour Overhead is ( 558000 / 24500 ) = 22.78

For 750 hours its 750 * 22.78 = $17,081.63