Emco Company Uses Direct Labor Cost as a Basis for Computing

question 104

Multiple Choice

Emco Company uses direct labor cost as a basis for computing its predetermined overhead rate. In computing the predetermined overhead rate for last year, the company misclassified a portion of direct labor cost as indirect labor. The effect of this misclassification will be to:

• A)understate the predetermined overhead rate.
• B)overstate the predetermined overhead rate.
• C)have no effect on the predetermined overhead rate.
• D)cannot be determined from the information given.

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Definitions:

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