Krispy Treats Snack Food Company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels.

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Krispy Treats Snack Food Company manufactures three types of snack foods: tortilla chips, potato chips, and pretzels. The company has budgeted the following costs for the upcoming period:

Factory depreciation $12,900 Indirect labor 32,150 Factory electricity 3,500 Indirect materials 6,650 Selling expenses 1

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:

Processing Hours per Case Volume (Cases) Budgeted Tortilla chips Potato chips Pretzels 0.12 2,500 4,400 1,200 8,100 0.10

a. Determine the single plantwide factory overhead rate.
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.

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Financial and Managerial Accounting Using Excel for Success

ISBN: 978-1111993979

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Authors: James Reeve, Carl S. Warren, Jonathan Duchac

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