The overhead costs that Lucca Industries, Inc., used to compute its overhead rate for the past year
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The overhead costs that Lucca Industries, Inc., used to compute its overhead rate for the past year are as follows:
Indirect materials and supplies ........ $ 79,200
Repairs and maintenance ........... 14,900
Outside service contracts ........... 17,300
Indirect labor ............... 79,100
Factory supervision ............ 42,900
Depreciation-machinery ........... 85,000
Factory insurance ............... 8,200
Property taxes ............... 6,500
Heat, light and power ............ 7,700
Miscellaneous overhead ............ 5,760
Total overhead costs ............. $346,560
The allocation base for the past year was 45,600 total machine hours. For the next year, all overhead cost except deprecation, property taxes, and miscellaneous overhead are expected to increase by 10 percent. Depreciation should increased by 12 percent, and property taxes and miscellaneous overhead are expected to increase by 20 percent. Plant capacity in terms of machine hours used will increase by 4,400 hours.
1. Compute the past year’s overhead rate. (Carry your answer to three decimal places).
2. Compute the overhead rate for next year. (Carry your answer to three decimal places).
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