Introduction To Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 8, Problem 5E
Manufacturing
The direct labor budget of Yuvwell Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours:
The company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. The variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $3.25 perdirect labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $48, 000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead isdepreciation, which is Si 6,000 per quarter.
Required:
1. Using Schedule 5 as your guide, prepare the company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
2. Compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year. Round offto the nearest whole cent.
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Manufacturing Overhead Budget
The direct labor budget of Yuvwell Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours:
The company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. The variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $3.25 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $48,000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $16,000 per quarter.
Required:
1. Using Schedule 5 as your guide, prepare the company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
2. Compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year. Round off to the nearest whole cent.
Question 1
Shiashi Ltd is preparing its manufacturing overhead budget for 2024. Relevant data consist of the
following:
- Units to be produced (by quarters): 20,000, 24,000, 34,000 and 36,000.
Direct labour: Time is 1.5 hours per unit.
Variable overhead costs per direct labour hour: Indirect materials GH¢1.40;
indirect labour GH 2.40 and maintenance $1.50.
Fixed overhead costs per quarter: Supervisory salaries GH 55,000; depreciation
GH 27,000 and maintenance GH¢25,000.
a) You are required to prepare the manufacturing overhead budget for the year, showing
quarterly data.
b) What does an organisation stand to gain by preparing annual budgets for its operations?
c) Describe the budgeting process of any business entity that you are familiar with.
The direct labor budget of Yuvwell Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours:
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Budgeted direct labor-hours
9,800
9,100
9,400
10,200
The company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. The variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $4.25 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $66,000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $16,500 per quarter.
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