In Bennett’s Ltd three types of jobs are performed in separate production departments E, F, and G. In addition, there are two service departments A and B. indirect labour costs and other indirect expenses for Bennett’s Ltd, have been allocated to departments as follows:
Production departments Service departments
E F G
Indirect labour 5000 7000 9000
Other indirect exp. 2000 4000 6000
7000 11000 15000 A B
Indirect labour 2000 3000
Other indirect exp. 3000 4000
5000 7000
The expenses of the service departments are to be allocated between other departments as follows:
Dept. A to Depts. E 30%; F 25%; G 35%; B 10%
Dept. B to Depts. E 35%; F 29%; G 36%
In departments E and F the job costing is to use an overhead rate per direct labour, while in G an overhead rate per machine hour rate is used. The number of direct hours and machine hours per department is expected to be:
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