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Munoz Sporting Equipment manufactures baseball bats and tennis rackets. Departme

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Question

Munoz Sporting Equipment manufactures baseball bats and tennis rackets. Department B produces the baseball bats, and Department T produces the tennis rackets. Munoz currently uses plantwide allocation to allocate its overhead to all products. Direct labor cost is the allocation base. The rate used is 150 percent of direct labor cost. Last year, revenue, materials, and direct labor were as follows: Required: Compute the profit for each product using plantwide allocation. Maria, the manager of Department T. was convinced that tennis rackets were really more profitable than baseball bats. She asked her colleague in accounting to break down the overhead costs for the two departments. She discovered that had department rates been used. Department B would have had a rate of 100 percent of direct labor cost and Department T would have had a rate of 250 percent of direct labor cost. Recompute the profits for each product using each department's allocation rate (based on direct labor cost).

Explanation / Answer

Allocation of Overhead at 150% Direct Labor

Particulars

Base ball bats

Tennis Rackets

Sales Revenue

                         1,560,000

           1,075,000

Less: Cost

Direcr Material

                            220,000

               110,000

Direct Labor

                            560,000

               291,000

Overhead @ 150%

                            840,000

               436,500

Total Cost

                         1,620,000

               837,500

Profit

$                         (60,000)

$           237,500

Base ball bats

$                         (60,000)

Tennis Rackets

$                         237,500

Allocation of Overhead at 100% & 250 % Direct Labor

Particulars

Base ball bats

Tennis Rackets

Sales Revenue

         1,560,000

                               1,075,000

Less: Cost

Direcr Material

             220,000

                                   110,000

Direct Labor

             560,000

                                   291,000

Overhead

             560,000

                                   727,500

Total Cost

         1,340,000

                               1,128,500

Profit

$         220,000

$                                (53,500)

Base ball bats

$         220,000

Tennis Rackets

$         (53,500)

Allocation of Overhead at 150% Direct Labor

Particulars

Base ball bats

Tennis Rackets

Sales Revenue

                         1,560,000

           1,075,000

Less: Cost

Direcr Material

                            220,000

               110,000

Direct Labor

                            560,000

               291,000

Overhead @ 150%

                            840,000

               436,500

Total Cost

                         1,620,000

               837,500

Profit

$                         (60,000)

$           237,500