Bierce Corporation Has Two Manufacturing Departments--Machining and Finishing

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Essay

Bierce Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Machining and Finishing.The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates: During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs--Job B and Job K.There were no beginning inventories.Data concerning those two jobs follow: Required:
a.Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours.Calculate that overhead rate.
b.Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours.Calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job B.
c.Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours.Calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job K.
d.Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments.What is the departmental predetermined overhead rate in the Machining department?
e.Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both production departments.What is the departmental predetermined overhead rate in the Finishing department?
f.Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both production departments.How much manufacturing overhead will be applied to Job B?
g.Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both production departments.How much manufacturing overhead will be applied to Job K?

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