Island Corporation Applies Overhead Based Upon Machine-Hours

question 19

Essay

Island Corporation applies overhead based upon machine-hours. Budgeted factory overhead was $375,000 and budgeted machine-hours were 12,500. Actual factory overhead was $387,920 and actual machine-hours were 13,150.
Required:
a. Compute the overhead application rate.
b. Compute the amount of overhead applied to production.
c. Determine the amount of over- or underapplied overhead.

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