The Management of Keeter Corporation Would Like to Investigate the Possibility

question 21

Multiple Choice

The management of Keeter Corporation would like to investigate the possibility of basing its predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity. The company's controller has provided an example to illustrate how this new system would work. In this example, the allocation base is machine-hours and the estimated amount of the allocation base for the upcoming year is 89,000 machine-hours. In addition, capacity is 96,000 machine-hours and the actual level of activity for the year is 88,600 machine-hours. All of the manufacturing overhead is fixed and is $7,176,960 per year. For simplicity, it is assumed that this is the estimated manufacturing overhead for the year as well as the manufacturing overhead at capacity. It is further assumed that this is also the actual amount of manufacturing overhead for the year.
-If the company bases its predetermined overhead rate on capacity,by how much was manufacturing overhead underapplied or overapplied?

• A)$553,224 Overapplied
• B)$32,256 Underapplied
• C)$32,256 Overapplied
• D)$553,224 Underapplied

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Definitions:

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of materials and the standard cost, used to assess efficiency in purchasing raw materials.

Raw Materials

The basic substances in their natural, modified, or semi-processed states, used as inputs for the production process in manufacturing goods.

FOH Budget Variance

The difference between the actual factory overhead costs incurred and the budgeted overhead costs set at the beginning of a period.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Costs associated with production that remain constant, regardless of the scale of production output, including salaries of managerial staff and depreciation of factory equipment.