(Appendix 4B)The Management of Aamot Corporation Would Like to Investigate

question 8

Multiple Choice

(Appendix 4B) The management of Aamot 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 43, 000 machine-hours.In addition, capacity is 47, 000 machine-hours and the actual level of activity for the year is 42, 100 machine-hours.All of the manufacturing overhead is fixed and is $828, 610 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 the estimated amount of the allocation base for the upcoming year, by how much was manufacturing overhead underapplied or overapplied?

• A)$17, 343 Overapplied
• B)$86, 387 Underapplied
• C)$86, 387 Overapplied
• D)$17, 343 Underapplied

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