FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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Direct Method

Eilers Company has two producing departments and two support departments. The following budgeted data pertain to these four departments:

  Support Departments Producing Departments
  General Factory Receiving Assembly Finishing
Direct overhead $440,000 $190,000 $42,000 $72,000
Square footage 2,300 4,600 4,600
Number of receiving orders 350 1,750 1,450
Direct labor hours 24,000 42,000

The company has decided to simplify its method of allocating support service costs by switching to the direct method.

Required:

1. Allocate the costs of the support departments to the producing departments using the direct method. Round allocation ratios to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. Use the rounded values for subsequent calculations.

Allocation ratios:

  Assembly Finishing
Square footage fill in the blank 1 fill in the blank 2
Number of receiving orders fill in the blank 3 fill in the blank 4
   
Allocations:
  Assembly Finishing
General Factory $fill in the blank 5 $fill in the blank 6
Receiving fill in the blank 7 fill in the blank 8
Direct costs fill in the blank 9 fill in the blank 10
Total $fill in the blank 11 $fill in the blank 12

 

2. Using direct labor hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round to the nearest cent.)

  Overhead Rate
Assembly fill in the blank 13 per direct labor hour
Finishing fill in the blank 14 per direct labor hour
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