272) Kluth Corporation has two manufacturing departments—Molding 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 M.
There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:
Customizing machine-hours
Required:
Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours
as the allocation base in both production departments. Further assume that the company uses a
markup of 20% on manufacturing cost to establish selling prices. Calculate the selling prices for
Job C and for Job M.
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead ($1.20 per
MH × 3,000 MHs)
3,600
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost (a)
Estimated total machine-hours (b)
3,000
Departmental predetermined overhead rate (a) ÷ (b)
$6.50
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead ($2.40 per
MH × 2,000 MHs)
4,800
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost (a)
Estimated total machine-hours (b)
2,000
Departmental predetermined overhead rate (a) ÷ (b)
$4.50