The Thomlin Company Forecasts That Total Overhead for the Current

question 74

Multiple Choice

The Thomlin Company forecasts that total overhead for the current year will be $15,000,000 with 300,000 total machine hours.Year to date,the actual overhead is $16,000,000 and the actual machine hours are 330,000 hours.If the Thomlin Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on machine hours for applying overhead,as of this point in time (year to date) ,the overhead is

• A) $1,000,000 overapplied
• B) $1,000,000 underapplied
• C) $500,000 overapplied
• D) $500,000 underapplied

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Definitions:

R&D Expenditures

Financial investments made by firms, governments, or institutions in research and development activities aimed at innovation, creating new products, or improving existing ones.

Industry Concentration

A measure of the extent to which a small number of firms dominate the total production, sales, or market share in an industry.

Pure Competitors

In a purely competitive market, companies sell products that are perfect substitutes for one another, leading to no control over market prices by individual firms.

R&D

Short for Research and Development, it refers to the activities undertaken by companies and organizations to innovate and introduce new products or services.