(Appendix 2B) the Management of Featheringham Corporation Would Like to Investigate

question 21

Multiple Choice

(Appendix 2B) The management of Featheringham Corporation would like to investigate the possibility of basing its predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity. The company's controller has provided an example to illustrate how this new system would work. In this example, the allocation base is machine-hours and the estimated amount of the allocation base for the upcoming year is 62,000 machine-hours. Capacity is 75,000 machine-hours and the actual level of activity for the year is assumed to be 59,000 machine-hours. All of the manufacturing overhead is fixed and both the estimated amount at the beginning of the year and the actual amount at the end of the year are assumed to be $2,836,500 per year. It is assumed that a number of jobs were worked on during the year, one of which was Job Z77W which required 410 machine-hours.
-If the company bases its predetermined overhead rate on capacity,then the amount of manufacturing overhead charged to job Z77W is closest to:

• A) $15,506.20
• B) $19,065.00
• C) $20,051.12
• D) $19,711.27

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Definitions:

Deferred

A term referring to expenses or incomes that have been recorded but not yet incurred or realized, impacting future periods.

Inventories

The complete list of items such as merchandise, raw materials, and finished goods that a company holds for sale or production.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs (direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead) in the cost of goods sold and treats fixed manufacturing overhead as a period cost.

Year 1

Often refers to the first year of a business or financial operation, used as a baseline for comparing future performance or growth.