Makers Ltd is a manufacturing company that has three production departments known as Department A, B and C. The production overhead is absorbed on the basis of a percentaMakers Ltd is a manufacturing company that has three production departments known as Department A, B and C. The production overhead is absorbed on the basis of a percentage of direct labour cost for the factory as a whole. It has been suggested that a departmental overhead absorption rate would result in more accurate job costs.
Below are the budgeted and actual data for the year ended 31' October, 2008.
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Direct wages
RM
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Direct labour hours
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Machine hours
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Production
RM
overheads
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Budgeted costs:
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Department A
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25,000
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10,000
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40,000
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120,000
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Department B
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100,000
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50,000
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10,000
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30,000
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Department C
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25,000
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25,000
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-
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75,000
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Total
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150,000
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85,000
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50,000
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225,000
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Actual costs:
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Department A
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30,000
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12,000.
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45,000
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130,000
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Department B
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80,000
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45,000
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14,000
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28,000
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Department C
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30,000
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30,000
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- ____
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80,000
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Total
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140,000
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87,000
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59,000
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238,000
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During the period job no. 567 was completed and actual costs and actual hours of the job incurred in each department are shown below:
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Direct materials
RM
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Direct wages
RM
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Direct labour hours
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Machine hours
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Department A
Department B
Department C
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120
60
10
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100
60
10
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20
40
10
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40
10
-
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Required:
a) Calculate the overhead absorption rate currently in use.
b) Calculate the departmental overhead absorption rate for each department using the following basis:
Department A - machine hours
Department B - direct labour hours
Department C - direct wages
c) Using the overhead absorption rates calculated in part (b) above, determine the total cost for job no. 567 and its selling price if a profit margin is to be maintained at 20% of the selling price.
d) Show the over/under absorption of production overheads for each departmentusing:
i the OAR calculated in part (a) above
ii. the OAR calculated in part (b) above
e) Discuss the treatment of over or under absorption production overheads.