Jacarda Company makes a composting bin that is subject to wide seasonal variations in demand. Unit product costs are computed on a quarterly basis by dividing each quarter's manufacturing costs (materials, labour, and overhead) by the quarter's production in units. The company's estimated costs, by quarter, for the coming year are given below: Direct materials Direct labour Manufacturing overhead Total manufacturing costs Number of units to be produced Estimated unit product cost Predetermined overhead rate-unit of product Predetermined overhead rate-basis on direct labour cost Management finds the variation in unit product costs to be confusing and difficult to work with. It has been suggested that the problem lies with manufacturing overhead, since it is the largest element of cost. Accordingly, you have been asked to find a more appropriate way of assigning manufacturing overhead cost to units of product. After some analysis, you have determined that the company's overhead costs are mostly fixed and therefore show little sensitivity to changes in the level of production. Estimated unit product cost First Second Third Fourth 554,400 $277,200 $138,600 $415,800 277, 200 138,600 69,300 207,900 365,400 340,200 327,600 352,800 $1,197,000 $756,000 $535,500 $976,500 84,000 42,000 21,000 63,000 14.25 $ 18.00 $25.50 $ 15.50 $ Required: 1. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate based on units and direct labour? (Round your "per unit" answer to 2 decimal places.) First $ Second Quarter 2. Recompute the company's unit product costs in accordance with rate per unit in (1) above. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Quarter Third per unit % Fourth

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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct material: 4 pounds at $9.00 per pound Direct labor: 3 hours at $15 per hour Variable overhead: 3 hours at $6 per hour Total standard variable cost per unit The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses Fixed Cost per Month $36.00 45.00 18.00 $99.00 $ 210,000 $ 120,000 Variable manufacturing overhead cost Variable Cost per Unit Sold $ 13.00 $ 4.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 26,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 31,000 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 155,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.20 per pound. All of this material was used in production. b. Direct-laborers worked 56,000 hours at a rate of $16.00…

Kingsport Containers Company makes a single product with wide seasonal variations in demand. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes plantwide predetermined overhead rates on a quarterly basis using the number of units to be produced as the allocation base. Its estimated costs, by quarter, for the coming year are given below: Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Total manufacturing costs (a) Number of units to be produced (b) Estimated unit product cost (a) (b) First $ 200,000 120,000 230,000 $ 550,000 Required 1 Required 2 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 120,000 $ 4.58 The as production Quarter Required 3 Required 4 Second $ 100,000 60,000 206,000 $366,000 60,000 $ 6.10 Management finds the variation in quarterly unit product costs to be confusing. Accordingly, you have been asked to find a more appropriate way of applying manufacturing overhead cost to units of product. Required: 1. Assuming the estimated variable…