The following information is available regarding the total manufacturing overhead of Bursa Mfg. Co. for a recent
Question:
The following information is available regarding the total manufacturing overhead of Bursa Mfg. Co. for a recent four-month period
Machine hours manufacturing overhead
Jan 5500 $311500
Feb 3200 224000
March 4900 263800
April 2800 184600
- Use the high-low method to determine:
- 1 . The variable element of manufacturing overhead costs per machine-hour.
- 2. The fixed element of monthly overhead cost.
b . Bursa expects machine-hours in May to equal 5,300. Use the cost relationships determined in part a to forecast May’s manufacturing overhead costs.
c . Suppose Bursa had used the cost relationships determined in part a to estimate the total manu-facturing overhead expected for the months of February and March. By what amounts would Bursa have over- or underestimated these costs?
Advanced Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134472140
13th edition
Authors: Floyd A. Beams, Joseph H. Anthony, Bruce Bettinghaus, Kenneth Smith