Fine Furnishings manufactures upscale custom furniture.attaceed in ss belowthanks or helpaprpeicated itrjgowijwff Bergeron's Fine Furnishings manufactures upscale custom furniture. Bergeron's currently uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours to allocate its $1,450,000 of manufacturing overhead to individual jobs. However, Donna Donaldson, owner and CEO, is considering refiningthe company's costing system by using departmental overhead rates. Currently, the Machining Department incurs $730,000 of manufacturing overhead while the Finishing Department incurs $720,000 of manufacturing overhead. Donaldson has identified machine hours (MH) as the primarymanufacturing overhead cost driver in the Machining Department and direct labor (DL) hours as the primary cost driver in the Finishing Department.i (Click the icon to view the job information.)Read the wirementsFirst identify the formula, then compute the rate. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)Total manufacturing overhead + Cost allocation base (estimated) = Plantwide overhead rate1,450,00025,000$58SRequirement 2. Compute departmental overhead rates assuming that Bergeron's expects to incur 14,800 MH in the Machining Department and 18,000 DL hours in the Finishing Department during the year.First identify the formula, then compute the rate for each department. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)Departmentaloverhead rateMachiningFinishing$$Job 450Job 455Total department overhead730,000720,000=Plantwide overhead rate5858MachiningFinishingTotal overhead allocationCost allocation base (estimated)14,60016,000Requirement 3. If Bergeron's continues to use the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overhead would be allocated to Job 450 and Job 455?First identify the formula, then calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead that would be allocated to the jobs if the plantwide overhead rate is used. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)Manufacturing overhead=Actual use of allocation base7750= $= $ 45per mach. hourper DL hourSSallocated406406Requirement 4. If Bergeron's uses departmental overhead rates, how much manufacturing overhead would be allocated to Job 450 and Job 455?Use the following table to calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead that would be allocated to the jobs if the departmental overhead rates are used. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)Job 450Job 455 Bergeron's Fine Furnishings manufactures upscale custom furniture. Bergeron's currently uses a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours to allocate its $1,450,000 of manufacturing overhead to individual jobs. However, Donna Donaldson, owner and CEO, is considering refiningthe company's costing system by using departmental overhead rates. Currently, the Machining Department incurs $730,000 of manufacturing overhead while the Finishing Department incurs $720,000 of manufacturing overhead. Donaldson has identified machine hours (MH) as the primarymanufacturing overhead cost driver in the Machining Department and direct labor (DL) hours as the primary cost driver in the Finishing Department.(Click the icon to view the job information.)Read the requirementsRequirements1. Compute the plantwide overhead rate assuming that Bergeron's expects to incur 25,000 total DLhours during the year.2. Compute departmental overhead rates assuming that Bergeron's expects to incur 14,600 MH inthe Machining Department and 16,000 DL hours in the Finishing Department during the year.3. If Bergeron's continues to use the plantwide overhead rate, how much manufacturing overheadwould be allocated to Job 450 and Job 455?4. If Bergeron's uses departmental overhead rates, how much manufacturing overhead would beallocated to Job 450 and Job 455?5. Based on your answers to Requirements 3 and 4, does the plantwide overhead rate overcost orundercost either job? Explain. If Bergeron's sells its furniture at 125% of cost, will its choice ofallocation systems affect product pricing? Explain.- XMore infoThe Bergeron's plant completed Jobs 450 and 455 on May 15. Both jobsincurred a total of 7 DL hours throughout the entire production process. Job 450incurred 2 MH in the Machining Department and 6 DL hours in the FinishingDepartment (the other DL hour occurred in the Machining Department). Job 455incurred 6 MH in the Machining Department and 5 DL hours in the FinishingDepartment (the other two DL hours occurred in the Machining Department).PrintDone

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