Actual costing, normal costing, accounting for manufacturing overhead. Destin Products uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost
Question:
Actual costing, normal costing, accounting for manufacturing overhead. Destin Products uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct manufacturing labor) and one manufacturing overhead cost pool. Destin allocates manufacturing overhead costs using direct manufacturing labor costs. Destin provides the following information:
1. Compute the actual and budgeted manufacturing overhead rates for 2009.
2. During March, the job-cost record for Job 626 contained the following information:
Direct materials used $40,000
Direct manufacturing labor costs $30,000
Compute the cost of Job 626 using (a) actual costing and (b) normal costing.
3. At the end of 2009, compute the under- or over allocated manufacturing overhead under normal cost1n 9Why is there no under- or over allocated overhead under actual costing?
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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 978-0136126638
13th Edition
Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M.Dater, George Foster, Madhav