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Byrd Company produces one product, a putter called GO-Putter. Byrd uses a standa

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Question

Byrd Company produces one product, a putter called GO-Putter. Byrd uses a standard cost system and determines that it should take one hour of direct labor to produce one GO-Putter. The normal production capacity for this putter is 105, 000 units per year. The total budgeted overhead at normal capacity is $945, 000 comprised of $420, 000 of variable costs and $525, 000 of fixed costs. Byrd applies overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. During the current year, Byrd produced 86, 600 putters, worked 98, 300 direct labor hours, and incurred variable overhead costs of $162, 115 and fixed overhead costs of $668, 655. Compute the predetermined variable overhead rate and the predetermined fixed overhead rate.

Explanation / Answer

predetermined variable overhead rate = Total predetermined variable cost / No of predetermined production units

                                                      = $420,000 / 105000 units

                                                      = $4 per unit

Predetermined fixed overhead rate. = Total predetermined fixed overhead cost /No of predetermined production units

                                                   = $525000 / 105000 units

                                                   =$5 per unit.