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31 May, 10:44

Ikerd Company applies manufacturing overhead to jobs on the basis of machine hours used. Overhead costs are estimated to total $348,425 for the year, and machine usage is estimated at 126,700 hours. For the year, $399,060 of overhead costs are incurred and 130,500 hours are used.

Compute the manufacturing overhead rate for the year.

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  1. 31 May, 12:49
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    Estimated manufacturing overhead rate = $2.75 per machine hour

    Explanation:

    Giving the following information:

    Overhead costs are estimated to total $348,425 for the year, and machine usage is estimated at 126,700 hours.

    To calculate the estimated manufacturing overhead rate we need to use the following formula:

    Estimated manufacturing overhead rate = total estimated overhead costs for the period / total amount of allocation base

    Estimated manufacturing overhead rate = 348,425/126,700 = $2.75 per machine hour
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