Kinetic Company Estimates That Overhead Costs for the Next Year

question 185

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Kinetic Company estimates that overhead costs for the next year will be $1,600,000 for indirect labor and $400,000 for factory utilities.The company uses direct labor hours as its overhead allocation base.If 50,000 direct labor hours are planned for this next year,then the plantwide overhead rate is $.025 per direct labor hour.

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