Flagler Company Allocates Overhead Based on Machine Hours

question 56

Essay

Flagler Company allocates overhead based on machine hours. They estimated overhead costs for the year to be $420,000. Estimated machine hours were 50,000. Actual hours and costs for the year were 46,000 machine hours and $380,000 of overhead.
Required:
a. Calculate the overhead application rate for the year.
b. What is the amount of applied overhead for the year?
c. What is the amount of under or overapplied overhead for the year? Indicate whether it is over- or underapplied.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

Marginal Product is the additional output resulting from a one-unit increase in the quantity of one input while holding all other inputs constant.

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated from utilizing one more unit of an input, such as labor or capital, in the production process.

Monopolist

A singular entity that is the only provider of a particular product or service in the market, controlling the market and potentially manipulating prices and output.

Demand Elasticity

The measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating its sensitivity to price changes.