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Julius Manufacturing prices its products at full cost plus 30 percent. The compa

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Question

Julius Manufacturing prices its products at full cost plus 30 percent. The company operates two support departments and two producing departments. Budgeted costs and normal activity levels are as follows: Support Departments Producing Departments A B C D Overhead costs $40,000 $100,000 $180,000 $240,000 Square feet 1,000 1,200 2,000 6,000 Number of employees 20 30 60 40 Direct labor hours - - 10,000 6,400 Machine hours - - 6,000 10,800 Support Department A's costs are allocated based on square feet, and Support Department B's costs are allocated based on number of employees. Department C uses direct labor hours to assign overhead costs to products, while Department D uses machine hours. One of the products the company produces requires 4 direct labor hours per unit in Department C and no time in Department D. Direct materials for the product cost $180 per unit, and direct labor is $80 per unit. If the direct method of allocation is used and the company follows its usual pricing policy, the selling price of the product would be : Show all work.

Explanation / Answer

answer is $468

Predetermined overhead rate = total estimated overhead costs/ total estimated direct labor hours

overhead cost

Dept A - (40000*2000/8000) 10000

Dept B - (100000*60/100) 60000

Dept C - 180000

total overhead costs 250000

estimated direct labor hours = 10000

therefore, predetermined overhead cost = 250000/10000 = 25

selling price

direct materials - 180

direct labor - 80

overhead - 100 (25*4)

cost per unit - 360

selling price = 360*(1+30%) = 468