Secrease Corporation Uses Machine-Hours as the Allocation Base for Applying

question 43

Multiple Choice

Secrease Corporation uses machine-hours as the allocation base for applying its manufacturing overhead.
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Estimated manufacturing overhead cost } \\\text { for the year }\end{array} & \$ 594,000 \\\hline \text { Capacity } & 110,000 \text { machine-hours } \\\hline\text { Estimated amount of the allocation base } \\\text { for the year }&108,000 \text { machine-hours }\\\hline \text { Amount of the allocation base for the } & 88,000 \text { machine-hours } \\\text { actual output of the year } & \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Actual manufacturing overhead cost for } \\\text { the year }\end{array} & \$ 589,000 \\\hline\end{array}$ All of the company's manufacturing overhead is fixed.

- If the predetermined overhead rate is based on capacity,by how much was manufacturing overhead for the year over applied or underapplied?

• A) Manufacturing overhead underapplied $113,800
• B) Manufacturing overhead overapplied $113,800
• C) Manufacturing overhead overapplied $105,000
• D) Manufacturing overhead underapplied $105,000

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Refers to the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages reaped by companies when production becomes efficient, leading to a decrease in the per-unit cost as output increases.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which the cost of producing each individual unit rises when a company's production volume grows, often resulting from inefficiencies and a rise in complexity.