152. A company has two departments that all goods pass through, machining and assembly. Machining
overhead is applied based on machine hours and assembly overhead is applied based on direct labor hours. Data
on each department is as follows:
Budgeted direct labor hours
Actual direct labor hours
Calculate the overhead rate for each department.
What is each department’s applied overhead?
Calculate each department’s overhead variance. Specify whether it is overapplied or underapplied.
153. Elf Company produces ornamental trees and uses normal costing. Elf applies overhead based on direct
labor hours. The following data are provided:
Calculate applied overhead.
Predetermined OH rate = $400,000/16,000 = $25 per direct labor hour
$25 ´ 17,840 = $446,000 applied overhead
Unit cost = ($521,000 + $410,000 + $446,000)/10,000 = $137.70 per ornamental tree
A.
Machining OH rate = $75,000/25,000 = $3 per machine hour
Assembly OH rate = $40,000/10,000 = $4 per direct labor hour
B.
Machining applied OH = $3 ´ 25,040 = $75,120
Assembly applied OH = $4 ´ 9,980 = $39,920
C.
Machining OH variance = $75,400 – $75,120 = $280 underapplied
Assembly OH variance = $39,920 – $39,200 = $720 overapplied