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Costs:

Alpha Beta Zeta T M

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

Unallocated overhead costs:

Purchasing Costs P60, 000

Machine Insurance P100, 000

Building Insurance P40, 000

Additional Information is provided as follows:

Alpha Beta Zeta T M

Floor Area (sqm) 100 500 200 50 150

Machine Value (P) 40,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 20,000

Number of Purchase Orders 10 20 50 30 10

Machine Hours 30,000 25,000 20,000 - -

Direct Labour Hours 20,000 40,000 15,000 - -

The following percentages show how service department costs are allocated:

Alpha Beta Zeta T M

Portion of M (%) 30 20 40 10 -

Portion of T (%) 20 30 30 - 20

Required: Complete the overhead analysis sheet using the

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

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
               
 
Reapportion M     16,167 10,778 21,555 -48,500
 
Reapportion T     9,200 13,800 13,800 -36,800  
TOTAL   382,000 110,767 134,678 136,555 0 0
/ /
/ 30,000
Appropriate OAR     40,000 20,000    
Mhr
Dlh Mhr
P3.69 / P3.37 / P6.83 /
         
Mhr Mhr Mhr

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

After solving equation


M=57000
T=42500
REPEATED METHOD

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
               
4,850
Reapportion M     14,500 9,700 19,400 -48,500
41,650
Reapportion T     8,330 12,495 12,495 -41,650 8,330
Reapportion M     2,299 1,666 3,332 833 -8,330
Reapportion T     167 250 250 -833 167
Reapportion M     50 333 67 16.7 -167
Reapportion T     3.34 5 5 (16.70 3.34
Reapportion M     1.11 1.11 1.11 - (3,34)
TOTAL   382,000 111,000 134,250 136,749 0 0
/ / /
Appropriate OAR     30,000 40,000 20,000    
Mhr Dlh Mhr
P3.70 / P3.36 / P6.84 /
         
Mhr Mhr Mhr

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