Mosbach Corporation has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to products based on the

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Mosbach Corporation has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to products based on the standard direct labor-hours allowed for the actual output of the period. Data concerning the most recent year appear below:
Variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.50
Total fixed overhead cost per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000
Budgeted standard direct labor-hours (denominator level of activity) . . . . . . . . 80,000
Actual direct labor-hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,000
Standard direct labor-hours allowed for the actual output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,000

Required:
1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for the year.
2. Determine the amount of overhead that would be applied to the output of the period.

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Managerial Accounting

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Authors: Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer

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