Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Traditional costing methods

Traditional costing methods — practice question

A manufacturing company applies absorption costing. For one month, the information for the cutting department is shown below. Budget: overheads $40000, machine hours 2800, labour hours 2600. Actual: overheads $44000, machine hours 2700, labour hours 2900. What overhead absorption rate would have been applied?

  • A$14.29 per machine hour
  • B$15.17 per labour hour
  • C$15.38 per labour hour
  • D$16.30 per machine hour

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