Support Departments Producing Departments Power General Factory Purchasing Pesticide Liquid Fertilizer Overhead $90,000 $314,000 $167,000 S78,900 $107,800 Square feet Machine hours 1,500 1,500 4,200 4,800 1,403 1,345 24,000 8,000 60 Purchase orders 20 40 7 120

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Jasmine Company manufactures both pesticide and liquid fertilizer, with each product manufactured in separate departments. Three support departments support the production departments: Power, General Factory, and Purchasing.
Budgeted data on the five departments are as attached:

 

The company does not break overhead into fixed and variable components. The bases for allocation are power-machine hours; general factory-square feet; and purchasing-purchase orders.

Required:

1. Allocate the overhead costs to the producing departments using the direct method. (Take allocation ratios out to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar.)
2. Using machine hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round the
overhead rates to the nearest cent.)

Support Departments
Producing Departments
Power
General Factory
Purchasing
Pesticide Liquid Fertilizer
Overhead
$90,000
$314,000
$167,000
S78,900
$107,800
Square feet
Machine hours
1,500
1,500
4,200
4,800
1,403
1,345
24,000
8,000
60
Purchase orders
20
40
7
120
Transcribed Image Text:Support Departments Producing Departments Power General Factory Purchasing Pesticide Liquid Fertilizer Overhead $90,000 $314,000 $167,000 S78,900 $107,800 Square feet Machine hours 1,500 1,500 4,200 4,800 1,403 1,345 24,000 8,000 60 Purchase orders 20 40 7 120
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