Managerial Accounting
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Author: Ray Garrison
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 2, Problem 22C
CASE 2-22 Plantwide versus Departmental Overhead Rates; Pricing LO2-1, LO2-2, LO2-3, LO2-4
'Blast it!” said David Wilson, president of Teledex Company. “We’ve just lost the bid on the Koopers job by $2000. It seems we’re either too half to pet the job or too low to make any money on half the jobs we bid.”
Teledex Company manufactures products to customers' specifications and uses a
Department
FabricatingMachiningAssemblyTotal Plant
Manufacturing overhead....$350,000$400,000$90,000$840,000
Direct labor.......$200,000$100,000$300,000$600,000
Jobs require varying amounts of work in the three departments. The Koopers job, for example, would have required
Department
| Fabricating | Machining | Assembly | Total Plant | |
| Direct materials | $3,000 |
$200 | $1,400 | $4,600 |
| Direct labor | $2,800 | $500 | $6,200 | $9,500 |
| Manufacturing overhead ... | ? |
? | ? | ? |
Required:
- Using the company's plantwide approach:
a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for each department for the current year.
b. Determine the amount of manufacturing overhead cost that would have been applied to the Koopers job.
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Chapter 2 Solutions
Managerial Accounting
Ch. 2.A - EXERCISE 2A-1 Activity-Based Absorption Costing...Ch. 2.A - EXERCISE 2A-2 Activity-Based Absorption Costing as...Ch. 2.A - EXERCISE 2A-3 Activity-Based Absorption Costing as...Ch. 2.A - PROBLEM 2A-4 Activity-Based Absorption Costing as...Ch. 2.A - Prob. 5PCh. 2.A -
CASE 2A-6 Activity-Based Absorption Costing and...Ch. 2.B - EXERCISE 2B-1 Overhead Rate Based on Capacity...Ch. 2.B - EXERCISE 2B-2 Overhead Rates and Capacity Issues...Ch. 2.B - Prob. 3PCh. 2.B - Prob. 4C
Ch. 2 - Prob. 1QCh. 2 - What is absorption costing?Ch. 2 - What is normal costing?Ch. 2 - How is the unit product cost of a job calculated?
Ch. 2 - Explain the four-step process used to compute a...Ch. 2 - What is the purpose of the job cost sheet in a...Ch. 2 - Explain why some production costs must be assigned...Ch. 2 - Why do companies use predetermined overhead rates...Ch. 2 - What factors should be considered in selecting an...Ch. 2 - If a company fully allocates all of its overhead...Ch. 2 - Would you expect the amount of applied overhead...Ch. 2 - Prob. 12QCh. 2 - What is a plantwide overhead rate? Whyare multiple...Ch. 2 - This Excel worksheet relates to the Dickson...Ch. 2 - This Excel worksheet relates to the Dickson...Ch. 2 - Prob. 3AECh. 2 - This Excel worksheet relates to the Dickson...Ch. 2 - Prob. 1F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 2F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 3F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 4F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 5F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 6F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 7F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 8F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 9F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 10F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 11F15Ch. 2 - Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 13F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 14F15Ch. 2 - Prob. 15F15Ch. 2 - EXERCISE 2-1 Compute a Predetermined Overhead Rate...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2ECh. 2 - EXERCISE 2–3 Computing Total Job Costs and Unit...Ch. 2 - EXERCISE 24 Computing Total Job Costs and Unit...Ch. 2 - EXERCISE 2-5 Computing Total Job Costs and Unit...Ch. 2 - Prob. 6ECh. 2 - EXERCISE 2-7 Job-Order Costing; Working Backwards...Ch. 2 - EXERCISE 2-8 Applying Overhead Cost; Computing...Ch. 2 - EXERCISE 2–9 Job-Order Costing and Decision Making...Ch. 2 - Prob. 10ECh. 2 - Prob. 11ECh. 2 - Prob. 12ECh. 2 - EXERCISE 2—13 Departmental Predetermined Overhead...Ch. 2 - EXERCISE 214 Job-Orders Costing for a Service...Ch. 2 - Prob. 15ECh. 2 - PROBLEM 2—16 Plantwide Predetermined Overhead...Ch. 2 - PROBLEM 217 Plantwide and Departmental...Ch. 2 - Prob. 18PCh. 2 - Prob. 19PCh. 2 - Prob. 20PCh. 2 - PROBLEM 2-21 Plant wide Versus Multiple...Ch. 2 - CASE 2-22 Plantwide versus Departmental Overhead...
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