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3. amberjack company is trying to decide on an allocation base...

# Question: amberjack company is trying to decide on an allocation base...

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Amberjack Company is trying to decide on an allocation base to use to assign manufacturing overhead to jobs. The company has always used direct labor hours to assign manufacturing overhead to products, but it is trying to decide whether it should use a different allocation base such as direct labor dollars or machine hours.

Actual and estimated data for manufacturing overhead, direct labor cost, direct labor hours, and machine hours for the most recent fiscal year are summarized here:

 Estimated Value Actual Value Manufacturing overhead cost $593,000$ 654,000 Direct labor cost $395,000$ 449,000 Direct labor hours 16,400 hours 17,900 hours Machine hours 7,400 hours 8,400 hours

Required:
1.
Based on the company’s current allocation base (direct labor hours), compute the following:

b. Applied manufacturing overhead. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

c. Over- or underapplied manufacturing overhead. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

2. If the company had used direct labor dollars (instead of direct labor hours) as its allocation base, compute the following:

b. Applied manufacturing overhead. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

c. Over- or underapplied manufacturing overhead. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

3. If the company had used machine hours (instead of direct labor hours) as its allocation base, compute the following: