The Management of Hendren Corporation Would Like to Investigate the Possibility

question 19

Essay

The management of Hendren Corporation would like to investigate the possibility of basing its predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity rather than on the estimated amount of activity for the year. 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 10,000 machine-hours. In addition, capacity is 12,000 machine-hours and the actual activity for the year is 10,100 machine-hours. All of the manufacturing overhead is fixed and is $12,000 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 and the actual amount of manufacturing overhead for the year. Job A76W, which required 420 machine-hours, is one of the jobs worked on during the year.
Required:
a. Determine the predetermined overhead rate if the predetermined overhead rate is based on the amount of the allocation base at capacity.
b. Determine how much overhead would be applied to Job A76W if the predetermined overhead rate is based on the amount of the allocation base at capacity.
c. Determine the underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year if the predetermined overhead rate is based on the amount of the allocation base at capacity.

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Definitions:

Incentive Motivation

The idea that the level of motivation is affected by magnitude of reward: The greater the reward magnitude, the higher the motivation to obtain that reward.

Internal Arousal

The physiological and psychological state of being alert and engaged, often as a response to external stimuli or internal thoughts.

Hull's Model

A theoretical framework by Clark Hull that describes behavior as the result of internal drives, habits, and the outcomes of previous actions.