List as many possible bases of absorption (or 'overhead recovery rates') as you can think of.
Using the information in, and the results of, the question on page 7, determine budgeted overhead absorption rates for each of the production departments using appropriate bases of absorption.
The total production overhead expenditure of the company in the questions above was $176,533 and its actual activity was as follows.
Machine shop A Machine shop B Assembly
Direct labour hours 8,200 6,500 21,900
Machine usage hours 7,300 18,700 –--
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Using the information in and results of the previous questions, calculate the under- or over-absorption of overheads.
______________ is the process of determining the costs of products, activities or services.
Fill in the blanks in the statements about marginal costing and absorption costing below.
(a) If inventory levels _____________ between the beginning and end of a period, absorptioncosting will report the higher profit.
(b) If inventory levels decrease, _____________costing will report the lower profit.
Calculate the figure for over/(under) absorption of production overheads for Period 3
$ _____over/under
When Solo compares their profits reported under absorption costing and marginal costing during a period when the level of inventory increased:
Absorption costing profits will be higher and closing inventory valuations lower than those under marginal costing.
Absorption costing profits will be higher and closing inventory valuations higher than those under marginal costing.
Marginal costing profits will be higher and closing inventory valuations lower than those under absorption costing.
Marginal costing profits will be higher and closing inventory valuations higher than those under absorption costing.
How is an overhead absorption rate calculated?
Over-absorption means that the overheads charged to the cost of sales are greater than the overheads actually incurred.