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Accounting for overheads







                   Test your understanding 1





                   Match the overhead costs to the most appropriate basis of cost
                   apportionment.  An apportionment basis may be selected more than once.

                   Overhead cost                                      Apportionment basis


                   Canteen costs                                      Floor area

                   Cleaning of factory premises                       Plant and equipment at cost

                   Power                                              Number of employees

                   Rent                                               Machine running hours


                   Insurance of plant and machinery                   Direct labour hours








                   Test your understanding 2





                   Maintenance costs are to be apportioned to production cost centres on the
                   basis of the number of maintenance hours worked in each cost centre.


                                       Machining       Assembly         Finishing

                   Hours worked             1,000              700            300

                   Complete the following extract from the overhead analysis sheet.


                                           Total       Machining        Assembly        Finishing
                                              $             $                $               $


                   Maintenance cost        38,000









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