Rockford Company has four departmental accounts: Building Maintenance, General Factory Overhead, Machining, and Assembly. The direct labor
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During the year, both Machining and Assembly used 28,000 direct labor hours. Factory overhead costs incurred during the year follow:
Building maintenance......................................... $30,000
General factory overhead.................................. 75,400
Machining....................................................... 45,800
Assembly.......................................................... 68,800
In determining application rates at the beginning of the year, cost allocations were made as follows, using the sequential distribution method:
Building Maintenance to: General Factory Overhead, 10%; Machining, 50%; Assembly, 40%.
General factory overhead was distributed according to direct labor hours.
Required:
Determine the under-or overapplied overhead for each production department.
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Principles of Cost Accounting
ISBN: 978-1305087408
17th edition
Authors: Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria Mitchell