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Branin Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $160,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $3.40 per direct labor-hour, and 80,000 direct labor-hours. The company has provided the following data concerning Job A578 which was recently completed:
Branin Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $160,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $3.40 per direct labor-hour, and 80,000 direct labor-hours. The company has provided the following data concerning Job A578 which was recently completed:    -The amount of overhead applied to Job A578 is closest to: A)  $500 B)  $1,350 C)  $2,200 D)  $850
-The amount of overhead applied to Job A578 is closest to:


Definitions:

Total Period Cost

The sum total of all expenses incurred by a business within a specific period, not directly tied to the production process.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in the cost of a unit of product.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost associated with producing a single unit of product, including direct materials, direct labor, and allocated overhead.

Absorption Costing

An accounting practice that aggregates all costs related to making a product, including the expenses for direct materials, the wages for direct labor, and every overhead cost, fixed or changing, into the product’s pricing.

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