Giles Inc. manufactures high quality golfing equipment. Giles assigns overhead to products based on machine hours. At the beginning of the current year, estimated overhead costs were $500,000 and estimated machine hours were 50,000. During the year, 54,000 machine hours were actually used. By the end of the year, actual overhead costs were calculated to be $529,200.

What was the predetermined overhead rate?

Answer

a. $0.10 per machine hour

b. $9.80 per machine hour

c. $10.58 per machine hour

d. $10.00 per machine hour

3 points

Question 54

Refer to the Giles Inc. information above. How much total overhead was applied to products during the year?

Answer

a.

$571,536

b.

$540,000

c. $490,000

d. $529,200

3 points

Question 55

Refer to the Giles Inc. information above. By how much was overhead over or underapplied for the year?

Answer

a. $39,200 underapplied

b. $29,200 underapplied

c. $10,800 overapplied

d. $42,336 overapplied