Bulla Corporation has two production departments, Machining and Customizing. The

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Bulla Corporation has two production departments, Machining and Customizing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Machining Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Customizing Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates:

During the current month the company started and finished Job K369. The following data were recorded for this job:

Required:

Calculate the total amount of overhead applied to Job K369 in both departments

Machining Customizing Machine-hours 25,000 17,000 Direct labor-hours 1,000 5,000 Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 107,500 $ 69,700 Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 3.00 Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 6.00

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Total amount of overhead applied to job 369 in both departments is as follows:

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Notes: The variable overheads are applied for the job k369 in machining department based on machine hours and in customising department based on labour hours. Fixed overheads are also applied on the same basis.

Conclusion: Total overhead applied to Job K369 in machining department is $584 and in customising department is $997.

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Particulars Machining Customizing No of machine hours 80 30 No of labour hours 30

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Variable overheads applied 80x$3 = $240 50x$6 = $300 Fixed overheads applied $107500/25000x80=$344 $69700/5000x50=$697 Total Overheads Applied $240+$344 = $584 $300+$697 = $997

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