How is an overhead absorption rate calculated?
Over-absorption means that the overheads charged to the cost of sales are greater than the overheads actually incurred.
List as many possible bases of absorption (or 'overhead recovery rates') as you can think of.
Using the information in, and the results of, the question on page 7, determine budgeted overhead absorption rates for each of the production departments using appropriate bases of absorption.
The total production overhead expenditure of the company in the questions above was $176,533 and its actual activity was as follows.
Machine shop A Machine shop B Assembly
Direct labour hours 8,200 6,500 21,900
Machine usage hours 7,300 18,700 –--
Required
Using the information in and results of the previous questions, calculate the under- or over-absorption of overheads.
______________ is the process of determining the costs of products, activities or services.
The lASB's Conceptual Fram are these six characteristics?
Which one of the following is not a qualitative characteristic of financial information according to the Conceptual framework for Financial Reporting?
According to the IASB Conceptual framework which of the following is not an objective of financial statements?
Which of the following statements about accounting concepts and policies is/are correct?1 Companies should never change
the presentation or classification of items in their financial statements, even if there is a significant change in the nature of
operations.2 Companies should create provisions in times of company growth to be utilised in more difficulttimes, to smooth
profits