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Yang Manufacturing Company manufactures two products (A and B). The overhead cos

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Question

Yang Manufacturing Company manufactures two products (A and B). The overhead costs (£60,000) have been divided into three cost pools that use the following activity cost drivers/location bases: Number of labour (A-15, B-10); Product Number of Orders (A-50, B-150); Transactions labour Hours (A-500, B-2,000). The amount of overhead cost to be assigned to Product A using number of labour as the allocation base is
Yang Manufacturing Company manufactures two products (A and B). The overhead costs (£60,000) have been divided into three cost pools that use the following activity cost drivers/location bases: Number of labour (A-15, B-10); Product Number of Orders (A-50, B-150); Transactions labour Hours (A-500, B-2,000). The amount of overhead cost to be assigned to Product A using number of labour as the allocation base is
Yang Manufacturing Company manufactures two products (A and B). The overhead costs (£60,000) have been divided into three cost pools that use the following activity cost drivers/location bases: Number of labour (A-15, B-10); Product Number of Orders (A-50, B-150); Transactions labour Hours (A-500, B-2,000). The amount of overhead cost to be assigned to Product A using number of labour as the allocation base is

Explanation / Answer

CALCULATION OF OVERHEAD COST OF PRODUCT A ON THE BASIS OF DIRECT LABOUR Total Overhead Cost = £         60,000.00 Ovehead cost will be assignned on the   basis of number direct Labour                        35.00 Labours   (15 Labours + 20 Labours) Overhead Cost per Labour = £           1,714.29 Per Labour   Number of Labours for Product A =                      15.00 Labours   Total Overhead Cost (1714.29 X 15 Labours ) = £         25,714.29 Answer = Overhead Cost for Product A = £               25,714 (Round off)