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46) The management of Holdaway Corporation would like to investigate the possibility of
basing its predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity. The company’s controller has
provided an example to illustrate how this new system would work. In this example, the
allocation base is machine-hours and the estimated amount of the allocation base for the
upcoming year is 79,000 machine-hours. Capacity is 88,000 machine-hours and the actual level
of activity for the year is assumed to be 74,900 machine-hours. All of the manufacturing
overhead is fixed and both the estimated amount at the beginning of the year and the actual
amount at the end of the year are assumed to be $5,700,640 per year. For simplicity, it is
assumed that this is the estimated manufacturing overhead for the year as well as the
manufacturing overhead at capacity. It is further assumed that this is also the actual amount of
manufacturing overhead for the year.
If the company bases its predetermined overhead rate on capacity, then the predetermined
overhead rate is closest to:
A) $72.16 per machine-hour
B) $70.38 per machine-hour
C) $76.11 per machine-hour
D) $64.78 per machine-hour
47) The management of Holdaway Corporation would like to investigate the possibility of
basing its predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity. The company’s controller has
provided an example to illustrate how this new system would work. In this example, the
allocation base is machine-hours and the estimated amount of the allocation base for the
upcoming year is 79,000 machine-hours. Capacity is 88,000 machine-hours and the actual level
of activity for the year is assumed to be 74,900 machine-hours. All of the manufacturing
overhead is fixed and both the estimated amount at the beginning of the year and the actual
amount at the end of the year are assumed to be $5,700,640 per year. For simplicity, it is
assumed that this is the estimated manufacturing overhead for the year as well as the
manufacturing overhead at capacity. It is further assumed that this is also the actual amount of
manufacturing overhead for the year.
If the company bases its predetermined overhead rate on capacity, what would be the cost of
unused capacity reported on the income statement prepared for internal management purposes?
A) $295,856
B) $848,618
C) $583,020
D) $552,762