Banes Co. incurs $350,000 of overhead costs each year in its three main departments, machining ($200,000), inspections ($100,000) and packing ($50,000). The machining department works 4,000 hours per year, there are 500 inspections per year, and the packing department packs 500 orders per year. Information about Banes's two products is as follows: Product X Product Y
Machining hours 1,000 3,000
Inspections 100 500
Orders packed 350 650
Direct labor hours 1,700 1,800


If traditional costing based on direct labor hours is used, how much overhead is assigned to Product X this year?
A) $84,167
B) $121,154
C) $170,000
D) $175,000

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Answer:

Option (c) is correct.

Explanation:

Given that,

Total estimated overhead costs = $350,000

machining = $200,000

Inspections = $100,000

Packing = $50,000

Product X direct labor hours = 1,700

Product Y direct labor hours = 1,800

Traditional costing based on direct labor hours is used,

Predetermined overhead rate:

= Total estimated overhead costs ÷ Estimated amount of the allocation base

= $350,000 ÷ (1,700 + 1,800)

= $350,000 ÷ 3500

= $100/Direct labor hour

Overhead assigned to Product-X:

= Predetermined overhead rate × No. of Direct labor hour of Product-X

= $100 × 1,700

= $170,000

Therefore, the overhead is assigned to Product X this year is $170,000.