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Overhead application: Working backward The Towson Manufacturing Corporation appl

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Question

Overhead application: Working backward

The Towson Manufacturing Corporation applies overhead on the basis of machine hours. The following divisional information is presented for your review:

Division A

Division B

Actual machine hours

22,500

?

Estimated machine hours

20,000

?

Overhead application rate

$4.50

$5.00

Actual overhead

$110,000

?

Estimated overhead

?

$90,000

Applied overhead

?

$86,000

Over- (under-) applied overhead

?

$6,500

Find the unknowns for each of the divisions?

Division A

Division B

Actual machine hours

22,500

?

Estimated machine hours

20,000

?

Overhead application rate

$4.50

$5.00

Actual overhead

$110,000

?

Estimated overhead

?

$90,000

Applied overhead

?

$86,000

Over- (under-) applied overhead

?

$6,500

Explanation / Answer

For A For B

Actual machine hours

22,500

= 79500/5 = 15900

Estimated machine hours

20,000

=90000/5 = 18000

Overhead application rate

$4.50

$5.00

Actual overhead

$110,000

=86000-6500 = 79500

Estimated overhead

= 20000*4.5 = 90000

$90,000

Applied overhead

Need More data

$86,000

Over- (under-) applied overhead Need More data   $6,500

ACTUAL Overhead is found after the manufacturing process is complete which gives the actual amount of used/consumed resources (or total costs) that it needed to complete the job.



Actual machine hours

22,500

= 79500/5 = 15900

Estimated machine hours

20,000

=90000/5 = 18000

Overhead application rate

$4.50

$5.00

Actual overhead

$110,000

=86000-6500 = 79500

Estimated overhead

= 20000*4.5 = 90000

$90,000

Applied overhead

Need More data

$86,000