Chapter 4 Homework 4-18 Job costing‚ normal and actual costing. Amesbury Construction assembles residential houses. It uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct labor) and one indirect-cost pool (assembly support). Direct labor-hours is the allocation base for assembly support costs. In December 2010‚ Amesbury budgets 2011 assembly-support costs to be $8‚300‚000 and 2011 direct labor-hours to be 166‚000. At the end of 2011‚ Amesbury is comparing the
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Using Overhead Transparencies by Lenny Laskowski © 1997 LJL Seminars http://www.ljlseminars.com While the current trend in the training industry is heading toward the use of the LCD Projector technology‚ the overhead projector is still the most popular presentation device used today. Most facilities have an overhead projector in every training room or conference room. Although it is the most widely used‚ it is also the biggest abused. Some presenters continue to misuse the overhead projector
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Traditional Overhead Costing vs Activity Based Overhead Costing Activity based costing deals with the key activities in which the firm’s resources are put. It accumulates overhead costs for each such activity. It is also used in determining the drivers of these activities. It assigns the cost of these activities to their ultimate cost centre. Activity based costing is rather a refinement over traditional costing system. The major differences are as follows: Under traditional costing‚ the overheads are
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The Overhead Projector (OHP) August 24‚ 2012 Introduction Overhead Projectors are still being used in a lot of schools‚ like in the Philippines. It is not as modern as other equipments‚ but it still serves its purpose which is to show enlarged images on screen. I. Description The Overhead Projector is an optical device for showing images on screen‚ usually for group viewing. The OHP is mainly used for
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Colorscope 1. Why would any customer‚ let alone large advertising agencies and departmental stores‚ go to Colorscope rather than go to large printers listed in Exhibit 3? Before desktop publishing became popular‚ Colorscope had a competitive advantage through its expensive proprietary computer equipment that could produce complicated print special effects. Colorscope had also been able to build strong relationships with valuable customers through the years and had a good reputation for providing
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Overhead Garage doors Overhead Garage doors the most reliable in the homes‚ ensures garage day or night‚ winter or summer. For included genuine feelings of serenity‚ overhead garage doors must be tough and dependable. It gives security in the night‚ of your garage entryway will help you rest guaranteed that your family is protected. Overhead Garage doors incorporate conventional steel garage doors‚ aluminum garage doors‚ wood garage doors‚ carriage style garage doors‚ fiberglass garage doors‚ vinyl
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Duggan company applies manufacturing overhead to jobs on the basis of machine hours used. Overhead costs are expected to total $341‚010 for the year‚ and machine usage is estimated at 126‚300 hours.For the year‚ $363‚ 036 of overhead costs are incurred and 132‚600 hours are use. Please compute the manufacturing overhead rate for the year. The buedgeted overhead rate is based on the estimates that the company makes at the beginning of the year. Remember‚ overhead rate = total cost / total cost driver
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Departmental Overhead Rates; Underapplied or Overapplied Overhead 1. a. Predetermined Overhead rate= Estimated total manufacturing overhead costs Estimated total amount of allocation base | = $1‚440‚000 = 160% of direct labor costs $900‚000 direct labor costs | b. Hastings Job Direct Labor -Allocation Base × Plantwide Overhead Rate
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Ethics; Predetermined Overhead Rate and Capacity Pat Miranda‚ the new controller of Vault Hard Drives‚ Inc.‚ has just returned from a seminar on the choice of the activity level in the predetermined overhead rate. Even though the subject did not sound exciting at first‚ she found that there were some important ideas presented that should get a hearing at her company. After returning from the seminar‚ she arranged a meeting with the production manager‚ J. Stevens‚ and the assistant production manager
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Activity-Based Costing to Allocate Overhead Costs The managers at Beneteau Company decided to use activity-based costing to allocate overhead in view of the point that its benefits would surpass the cost. With ABC‚ This costing use different cost groups which are organized according to different activities to allocate overhead costs. The production and maintenance of the product includes all activities such as purchasing materials‚ inventory management‚ assembling parts and verifying final products
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