QUESTION $1$

$(20$ MARKS$)$

REQUIRED

Study the information given below and answer the following questions:

$1\mathrm{.}1$ Prepare the Overhead Allocation Statement.

$(16$ marks$)$

$1\mathrm{.}2$ Calculate the overhead allocation rate of Production Department A$.$

$(2$ marks$)$

$1\mathrm{.}3$ Calculate the overheads applied to the product from Production Department A$.$

$(2$ marks$)$

INFORMATION

Maple Ltd gathered the following statistics in order to allocate their overheads among the different departments during $2025$:

$\backslash$table$[[,\backslash$table$[[$Production$],[$Department A$]],\backslash$table$[[$Production$],[$Department B$]],\backslash$table$[[$Service$],[$Department M$]]],[$Direct labour hours,$10000,5000,3000],[$Machine hours,$6000,4000,2000],[$Value of the machinery,R $225000,$R $135000,$R $90000],[$Number of employees,$540,360,300],[$Floor space,$6000m^2,3000m^2,1000m^2$