Freeman Company Uses a Predetermined Overhead Rate Based on Direct

question 98

Multiple Choice

Freeman Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. At the beginning of the year, the company estimated manufacturing overhead would be $150,000 and direct labor-hours would be 10,000. The actual figures for the year were $186,000 for manufacturing overhead and 12,000 direct labor-hours. The cost records for the year will show:

• A) overapplied overhead of $30,000
• B) underapplied overhead of $30,000
• C) underapplied overhead of $6,000
• D) overapplied overhead of $6,000

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Definitions:

Compensating Balance

A minimum account balance that a borrower must maintain as part of a condition for obtaining a loan.

Line of Credit

A flexible loan from a bank or financial institution that allows a borrower to draw and use funds up to a designated limit.

Field Warehouse

A storage facility that is used to store goods that are under the control of a financing company until the loan secured by those goods is repaid.

Loan Against Inventory

A type of financing where a loan is given to a company based on the value of its inventory which serves as collateral.