Multiple Predetermined Overhead Rates
Multiple Predetermined Overhead Rates:
Learning Objectives of the Article:
- What are multiple predetermined overhead rates?
- What is the need of calculating multiple predetermined overhead rates?
When a single predetermined overhead rate is used for entire factory it is called plant wide overhead rate. This is fairly common practice – particularly in smaller companies. But in large companies, multiple predetermined overhead rates are often used.
In a multiple predetermined overhead rate system, each production department may have its own predetermined overhead rate. Such a system, while more complex, is considered to be more accurate. Since it can reflect differences across departments in how overhead costs are incurred. For example, overhead might be allocated based on machine-hours in departments that are relatively machine intensive. When multiple predetermined overhead rates are used, overhead is applied in each department according to its own overhead rate as a job proceeds through the department.
In Business: Enhancing the Accuracy of Product Costs Source: Eun-Sup Shim and Joseph M. Larkin, “A survey of current managerial accounting practices: Where do we stand,” Ohio CPA Journal, February 1994, p. 21 (4pages). |
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