Yunan Company makes three models of jump drives in its factory: J512, J1G, and J4G. The expected overhead costs for the next fiscal year are as follows: 

Yunan uses labor hours as the cost driver to allocate overhead cost. Budgeted labor hours for the products are as follows: 

Required

a. Allocate the budgeted overhead costs to the products.

b. Provide a possible explanation as to why Yunan chose labor hours, instead of machine hours, as the allocation base. 

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Payroll for factory managers Factory maintenance costs Factory insurance Total overhead costs $100,000 45,000 23,000 $168,000