Mannerman Products, Incorporated, operates an electric power plant which provides all electrical power for the company's Machining and Fabrication departments. Information on kilowatt-hours (kwh) of power usage in these departments for May follow: Budgeted kwh Actual kwh The costs of the electric power plant are all fixed. Budgeted fixed costs for May totaled $60,000 and are determined by peak-period requirements. Actual fixed costs for the month totaled $65,000. The Machining Department requires 60% of the peak-period capacity and the Fabrication Department requires 40%. Multiple Choice For performance evaluation purposes, how much of the electric power plant's fixed costs should be charged to the Fabrication department at the end of the month for purposes of evaluating performance? $18,000 $24,000 Machining Fabrication 20,000 10,000 25,000 15,000 $30,000 Total 30,000 40,000 $26,000

The manufacturing overhead budget at Foshay Corporation is based on budgeted direct labor-hours. The direct labor budget indicates that 5,800 direct labor-hours will be required in May. The variable overhead rate is $9.10 per direct labor-hour. The company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $104,400 per month, which includes depreciation of $8,120. All other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. The company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. What should be the predetermined overhead rate for May?

Tiger Equipment Inc., a manufacturer of construction equipment, prepared the following factory overhead cost budget for the Welding Department for May of the current year. The company expected to operate the department at 100% of normal capacity of 8,400 hours.   TIGER EQUIPMENT INC. Factory Overhead Cost Budget-Welding Department For the Month Ended May 31 1 Variable costs:     2 Indirect factory wages $30,240.00   3 Power and light 20,160.00   4 Indirect materials 16,800.00   5 Total variable cost   $67,200.00 6 Fixed costs:     7 Supervisory salaries $20,000.00   8 Depreciation of plant and equipment 36,200.00   9 Insurance and property taxes 15,200.00   10 Total fixed cost   71,400.00 11 Total factory overhead cost   $138,600.00       During May, the department operated at 8,860 standard hours. The factory overhead costs incurred were indirect…

Flounder Company estimates that it will produce 6,000 units of product IOA during the current month. Budgeted variable manufacturing costs per unit are direct materials $8, direct labor $13, and overhead $19. Monthly budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead costs are $7,700 for depreciation and $3,700 for supervision. In the current month, Flounder actually produced 6,500 units and incurred the following costs: direct materials $44,976, direct labor $76,400, variable overhead $122,094, depreciation $7,700, and supervision $3,959. Prepare a static budget report. Hint: The Budget column is based on estimated production while the Actual column is the actual cost incurred during the period. (List variable costs before fixed costs.) FLOUNDER COMPANY Static Budget Report ÷ Budget Actual $ +A Difference Favorable Unfavorabl