Marginal Absorption Questions

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BASIC MARGINAL ABSORPTION COSTING QUESTION 1 A company is preparing its production overhead budgets and determining the apportionment of those overheads to products. Cost centre expenses and related information have been budgeted as follows. | Total $ | Machine shop A$ | Machine shop B $ | Assembly | Canteen | Mainten-ance | Indirect wages | 78,560 | 8,586 | 9,190 | 15,674 | 29,650 | 15,460 | Consumable materials | 16,900 | 6,400 | 8,700 | 1,200 | 600 | - | Rent and rates | 16,700 | | | | | | Buildings insurance | 2,400 | | | | | | Power | 8,600 | | | | | | Heat and light | 3,400 | | | | | | Depreciation(machinery) | 40,200 | | | | | | Value of machinery | 402,000 | 201,000 | 179,000 | 22,000 | - | - | | | | | | | | Power usage(%) | 100 | 55 | 40 | 3 | - | 2 | Direct labour(hours) | 35,000 | 8,000 | 6,200 | 20,800 | - | - | Machine usage(hours) | 25,200 | 7,200 | 18,000 | - | - | - | Area(sq ft) | 45,000 | 10,000 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 6,000 | 2,000 | Required a)Using the direct apportionment to production departments method and basis of apportionment which you consider most appropriate from the information provided, calculate overhaed totals for the production departments. The total production overhead expenditures of the company in the question above was $176,533 and its actual activity was as follows. | Machine shop A | Machine shop B

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