Emanuele Incorporated Makes a Single Product--A Critical Part Used in Commercial

question 18

Essay

Emanuele Incorporated makes a single product--a critical part used in commercial airline seats.The company has a standard cost system in which it applies overhead to this product based on the standard machine-hours allowed for the actual output of the period.Data concerning the most recent year appear below: Required:
a.Compute the variable component of the company's predetermined overhead rate.
b.Compute the fixed component of the company's predetermined overhead rate.
c.Compute the company's predetermined overhead rate.
d.Determine the variable overhead rate variance for the year.
e.Determine the variable overhead efficiency variance for the year.
f.Determine the fixed overhead budget variance for the year.
g.Determine the fixed overhead volume variance for the year.
h.Determine whether overhead was underapplied or overapplied for the year and by how much.

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Definitions:

Direct Method

A costing method that directly allocates service department costs to producing departments without considering services provided between service departments.

Personnel Department

The division of a business that is focused on activities related to employees, including hiring, training, and benefits management.

Cost Allocated

The process of distributing expenses in multiple cost centers or accounts based on certain criteria or methodologies.

Sales Department

A division of a business responsible for all activities related to the sale of the company's products or services, including marketing, sales strategy, and customer interaction.