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Salty Sensations Snacks Company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortill

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Question

Salty Sensations Snacks Company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

1

Factory depreciation

$35,101.00

2

Indirect labor

87,752.00

3

Factory electricity

8,775.00

4

Indirect materials

47,552.00

5

Selling expenses

25,200.00

6

Administrative expenses

15,000.00

7

Total costs

$219,380.00

Factory overhead is allocated to the three products on the basis of processing hours. The products had the following production budget and processing hours per case:

* If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

A. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate. If required, round your answer to the nearest cent.

$    per processing hour

B. Use the factory overhead rate in (A) to determine the amount of total and per-case factory overhead allocated to each of the three products under generally accepted accounting principles. Refer to the Amount Descriptions list provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. If required, round your answer to the nearest cent.

1

                                                     Total Factory Overhead    

Per Case Factory Overhead

2

3

4

5

1

Factory depreciation

$35,101.00

2

Indirect labor

87,752.00

3

Factory electricity

8,775.00

4

Indirect materials

47,552.00

5

Selling expenses

25,200.00

6

Administrative expenses

15,000.00

7

Total costs

$219,380.00

Explanation / Answer

a.

Budgeted Volume (Cases)

Processing Hours per Case

Total processing hours

Tortilla chips

3,600

0.19

684

Potato chips

5,500

0.19

1045

Pretzels

2,700

0.43

1161

Total

2890

Total overhead cost to be allocated = Factory depreciation + Indirect labor + Factory electricity + Indirect materials = $35,101 + $87,752 + $8,775 + $47,552 = $179,180

Single plant wide factory overhead rate = Total overhead cost/Total processing hours = $179,180/2,890 hours = $62 per processing hour

b.

Total processing hours

Overhead rate

Total overhead allocated

Budgeted Volume (Cases)

Overhead allocated per case

Tortilla chips

684

$ 62.00

$ 42,408.00

3,600

$ 11.78

Potato chips

1045

$ 62.00

$ 64,790.00

5,500

$ 0.19

Pretzels

1161

$ 62.00

$ 71,982.00

2,700

$ 0.43

Total

$ 179,180.00

Budgeted Volume (Cases)

Processing Hours per Case

Total processing hours

Tortilla chips

3,600

0.19

684

Potato chips

5,500

0.19

1045

Pretzels

2,700

0.43

1161

Total

2890

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