161) Halbur Corporation has two manufacturing departments—Machining and Customizing. The
company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined
overhead rates:
Estimated total machine-hours (MHs)
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead
cost
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost
per MH
During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs—Job C and Job J.
There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:
Customizing machine-hours
Assume that the company uses a plantwide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on
machine-hours. The total manufacturing cost assigned to Job C is closest to:
A) $18,500
B) $67,192
C) $11,300
D) $37,392
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
33,600
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead
($1.80 per MH × 6,000 MHs)
10,800
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost
44,400
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
10,800
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead
($2.80 per MH × 4,000 MHs)
11,200
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost
21,200