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Saudi Electronic University Product Costs Discussion

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Q1.  What is the difference between the product cost and period cost? Give some examples for each type                                                                                                                                      

Q2.  What do you understand by utilization rate? Give an example                                   

Q3.   The AMS Manufacturing Company uses a job costing system with machine hours as the allocation base for overhead.  The company uses normal costing to develop the overhead allocation rate.  The following data are available for the latest accounting period:

Estimated fixed factory overhead cost                     SAR 160,000

Estimated machine-hours                                                 100,000

Actual fixed factory overhead cost incurred            SAR 170,000

Actual machine-hours used                                              110,000

Jobs worked on:

Job No. Machine Hours Used

1020                                          12,000

1030                                          18,000

1040                                          15,000

1050                                          10,000

a.   Compute the overhead allocation rate.                                                                                 

b.   Determine the overhead allocated to job 1040.                                                 

c.   Determine total over or underapplied overhead at the end of the year             

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