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Indirect labour (b) A company operates three production departments, Alpha, Beta and Zeta, and two
service departments, Tooling (T) and Maintenance (M). Budgeted overhead costs for December 2019 were
as follows:
Allocated Overhead P36, 400 P60, 100 P58, 200 P9,800 P17,500
The following percentages show how service department costs are allocated:
Portion of M (%) 30 20 40 10 -
Portion of T (%) 20 30 30 - 20
i)direct Method, simultaneous method and repeated distribution method and to carry out the secondary
allocation of overhead costs.
(ii) Determine appropriate overhead absorption rates for all three (3) production departments.
DIRECT METHOD
SIMULTANEOUS
TOTAL Alpha Beta Zeta T M
Cost Item Apportion basis
(P) (P) (P) (P) (P) (P)
1. Specific Allocation
Ind. labour Allocated 182,000 36,400 60,100 58,200 9800 17500
2. Primary Allocation
Purchasing Purchase orders 60,000 5,000 10,000 25,000 15,000 5,000
Machine Insurance Machine value 100,000 40,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 20,000
Building insurance Floor area 40,000 4,000 20,000 8,000 2,000 6,000
TOTAL 382,000 85,400 110,100 101,200 36,800 48,500
0
Reapportion M Reapportion M 17,100 11,400 22,800 57,000
0
Reapportion T Reapportion T 8,500 12,750 12,750 42,500 0
TOTAL 382,000 111,000 134,250 136,750 0 0
/ / /
Appropriate OAR 30,000 40,000 20,000
Mhr Dlh Mhr
P3.70 / P3.36 / P6.84 /
Mhr Mhr Mhr
M=48500+0.2T
T=36800+0.1M