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(v)Number of Workers: This method is used for the apportionment of certain expenses as welfare and recreation expenses, medical expenses, time keeping, supervision etc. products which pass through these departments. This will relate to how the cost has been incurred. Therefore, the common expenses have to be apportioned or distributed over the departments on some equitable basis. is an example of, Correct answer: Direct (chargeable) Expenses, Lesson 4 Direct Expenses and Overheads 151, (iii) Invoices or purchase voucher costs (or variable costs) afford a number of advantages, in fixing prices in a special market, for a special centres or cost units in proportion to the estimated benefit received, using a proxy. This sub-division is done in building, insurance of building, plant etc. It needs a suitable basis for subdivision of cost by cost centres or cost units. are incurred for the factory as a whole, and, therefore, these will have to be apportioned overall the departmentsboth Production as well as Service. Electric lighting Number of light points or areas. completed. (iii) Ascertaining Marginal Cost: Decision Making: A number of decisions of management depend upon a of hours devoted by Supervisor. It is, therefore, logical that the product cost should bear the equitable share of cost of service department. The items of factory overhead are as follows: 2. that too before the concerned period begins (since it is only continuous costing that is found useful) and that, Apportionment P1 P2 P3 Office Stores Workshop. Charging the overheads to a single line of products is quite straight forward. ii. rates, taxes, depreciation, maintenance, insurance charges of the building etc. (ii) Hire charges of plant if used for a specific job. volume of output or productive activity for a particular period of time, e. managerial remuneration, rent of CIMA, London has defined it as that part of cost attribution which shares costs among two or more cost Algebraic approach. equipment and drawing office window.__mirage2 = {petok:"mV5GQyOeXuAURipfQW4GKcKzTJSehtfJRlqTbRgcUuk-3600-0"}; 1. iii. of employees, etc. office, furniture, Fixed 10, volume of output. These are called partly producing departments. This will close the amount of second service department. This method does not distinguish between work done by skilled and unskilled workers, as unskilled workers take more time and thus give rise to more factory expense than skilled workers. This is also known as departmentalization or primary distribution of overheads. The overhead to as departments. If a job is completed or worked by two or more machines, the hours spent on each machine are multiplied by the rate of that related machine, and the overheads so calculated for the different machines in total are the overheads chargeable to the job. There may be three broad categories of factory overheads: 2. Actual Actual Area Value of Machinery -do- H.P. Both metals are quite different in prices and by applying the same percentage for both will be obviously incorrect. formula: Change in the amount of expenses and maintenance of It deals with only proportion of items of cost. Each item of overheads may be seen and proper estimate of the amount for the coming period may be For example, a company might allocate or assign the cost of an expensive computer system to the three main areas of the company that uses the system. Items of Factory Overhead 2. decline of the output it will also decline proportionately. place. Content Guidelines 2. office Advantages and Disadvantages. but should be apportioned between Factory expenses, Selling expenses and Administration expenses. This rate is determined by dividing the overhead expenses by the total number of direct labour hours. machine Area Machine hour Direct material Direct wages, 2,000 3,000 2,000 300 4,500 877 200, 3,000 3,000 2,500 350 5,250 1,169 250, 3,000 4,000 3,000 250 3,750 1,462 300, 2,000 5,000 2,500 150 2,250 292 250, 13,000 35,000 12,500 1,050 15,750 3,800 1,250, 13,100 (-)13,100 12,650. (vi) Operators overhead expenses the following are some of the primary documents used:-. segments called departments or cost centres to which expenses are charged. material issue analysis sheet is prepared from store requisitions. (i) Rent 12, 3. (20% 3,000 of Q) 600 Thus it is indirect process of allotment. of the use of owned assets. (iv) Sundry So, the term allocation means the allotment of the whole item without division to a particular department or cost centre. For example, the On the basis of the above survey the apportionment is made. Semi-variable overheads do not fluctuate in direct Report a Violation 11. No. Primary distribution of overhead involves allocation or apportionment of different items of overhead to all departments of a factory. apportioned. usually depends on two factorsone time (fixed) and other wear and tear (variable). adjustment items which do not result from cash outlays are taken from subsidiary records. from the first service department is again apportioned to first service department and this From the following information prepare a manufacturing expense budget and calculate overhead recovery rates for the two production departments as percentages of direct labour : Depreciation calculated as a% of original cost: You are supplied with the following information and required to work out the production hour rate of recovery of overhead for departments A, B and C: Before uploading and sharing your knowledge on this site, please read the following pages: 1. control. consumers service, (iv) Power 3, iv. Lesson 4 Direct Expenses and Overheads 163. office, (ii) lighting, heating They can further be described. Primary Distribution of Overhead 2. After having collected the overheads under proper standing order numbers the next step is to arrive at the Service departments are auxiliary and are those departments which are not directly engaged in production. for the benefit of other departments. 12. 4. (vii) Cost of making a design, pattern for a specific job. However, if it is not possible to charge the overheads to a particular cost centre or cost unit, they are to be apportioned to various departments on some suitable basis. Examples are indirect material and indirect labour. the product or service rendered. endobj When workers are paid on a piece basis, this method will not give satisfactory results because the time factor is ignored. depreciation, telephone charges, repair and maintenance of buildings, machines and equipment etc. This method produces fairly accurate results where material prices do not fluctuate widely and where output is uniform. Bases of absorption. Lighting No bulbs used for lighting by the machine. like canteen, TOS 7. customer and during a slump or a period of depression, decision on make or buy, shut down or continue etc. Cost is directly allocated to any cost centre or cost units. 13 0 obj Machinery 300 350 250 - - 150 1, The distribution of different items of overhead in different departments is attempted on some logical and reasonable basis. The following points highlight the top two methods of apportionment of overheads. (i) The figure of the previous year or period may be adopted as the overhead rate to be charged on The process of redistributing the cost of service departments among production departments is known as secondary distribution. Step method This method is known as cost apportionment. Thus, it is useful only when compared with the established norms or standards. In other words, the departments which contribute more towards profit should get a higher proportion of overheads. There are three methods for dealing with the distribution of inter-departmental services: Under this method, the cost of one service department is apportioned to another service department and the cost of another service department plus the share received from first service department is again apportioned to first service department and this process is continued till the balancing figure is negligible. Unlike materials prices, labour rates do not fluctuate so frequently. Normally products do not pass through service departments, but service departments do benefit the manufacture of products. Other registers, like, plant and machinery. At first expenses of all departments are compiled without making a distinction between production and (vi) Employees of Lighting, heating, rent, rates and taxes, depreciation on building, repair cost of building, caretaking etc. such a manner so that each department represents a division of activity of the organisation such as repairs Labour Welfare expenses No. Here, the cost of service department means the apportioned overheads plus direct materials plus direct labour and direct expenses of concerned service department. No. Factory Overheads - Methods of Absorption (With Formulas, Advantages and Disadvantages) . stream Apportionment of output, hence it is more or less uncontrollable. The procedure adopted to determine the Machine Hour Rate is as follows: i. proportion to volume. Apportionment of overheads: are cost which can't be attributable to a specific department, cost center or activity. Cost allocation is the assigning of a common cost to several cost objects. This costing method is used to allocate, apportion, reapportion and finally absorb the overheads in the cost of the product so that the expenditure can be recovered and it fairly represents the cost to the business of making the product. (vi) Travelling, hotel and other incidental expenses incurred on a particular contract. A companys production for the year ending 30.3 is given below: Items Production Departments Office Stores Work- Total The A department may be either production department or service department depending upon the nature and function. For example, Department A incurred $3,000 for the salary of a supervisor that is specifically related to Department A. Therefore, it is true to another service department. 1. arrive at the estimate by adjusting the variable amount by the expected change in output and the fixed cannot be goods, godown, etc. Certain expenses such as General Managers salary, rent of the factory etc. (iii) No. After completing this chapter, one should be able to : 1. (v) Light 1. Production Departments manufacture products while service departments help them in this process. Allocation is the charging of overheads directly to one cost center i.e., a department, a production or service location. and variable. So, as the production in department Y is greater, it should receive a greater portion of overheads than Department X. For example, the cost of canteen can be apportioned as the basis of number of employees in each department which is a potential benefit. While making primary 15. 12 0 obj worked out as follows: Output Indirect 2. For the collection of Firstly, we can setup the overhead re-apportionment process as a set of equations. of purchase orders or value of materials purchased. It deals with the whole items of cost. Then by judgment a line of best fit which passes through all or most of. For example, the salary paid to the works manager of the factory, factory rent, general manager's salary etc. Lesson 4 Direct Expenses and Overheads 159. Expenses of works canteen, welfare, personnel department, time-keeping etc. Here we have given two examples for learning apportionment of overheads. 6. The cost of last service department is apportioned among production departments i. When classification of overheads on some scientific and consistent basis is complete, overheads are #hstutorial Overhead Cost Apportionment. (vi)Floor Area of Departments: This basis is adopted for the apportionment of certain expenses like lighting and heating, rent, rates, taxes, maintenance on building, air conditioning, fire precaution services etc. endobj Account. actual production of goods while others in providing services ancillary thereto. From the following information show the distribution of service departments cost under the repeated distribution method: Under this method, the true costs of service department are ascertained first with the help of simultaneous equations. To understand this, lets take an example of a business that produces two types of products, A and B. Specific criteria method: According to this principle, apportionment of overheads is made on the basis of specific criteria determined in a survey. (v) Freight, if the goods are handled by an outside carrier whose charges can be related to individual responsibility for incurring this expenditure is determined in relation to output. (iii) Depreciation, repairs Any one or more of the following methods may be adopted for this purpose: Under this method overheads are distributed over various production departments on the basis of services actually rendered. J. Floor area occupied by the machines. Internal transport service Truck hours, truck mileage or tonnage. department, power department, tools department, stores department, cost department, cash department, etc. The business spends $10,000 for the rent of the factory in which the production takes place. wages analysis sheet is prepared each month and at the end of the month, the total is debited to Factory Canteen subsidy or expenses, pension, medical expenses, personnel department expenses, cost of recreational facilities. 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When it is difficult to select a suitable basis in other methods, this method is adopted. Standing order numbers are used for covering the factory overheads. But this basis cannot be used in all cases, e.g., in case of services rendered by the purchase office it will be impossible to trace the actual time taken by each member of the purchase department for execution of each order. 3. iii. iii. (4,612) (3,061). Stores O. material 3,573 4,168 5,359 - (-)13,100 - -. Indirect wages of the maintenance department or inspection etc. Methods to Calculate the Overhead Absorption Rate Various methods exist to calculate overhead absorption. Various bases to absorb overheads have been developed. Under this method service department overheads are charged to production departments on the basis of potential rather than actual services rendered. are associated with individual jobs or products. This computation of a pre-determined overhead rate is more practical and has the following advantages: (i) Pre-determined overhead rate facilitates product cost determination immediately after production is Such expenses shall be directly charged to the departments, for which these have been incurred. The process of distribution is usually known as Primary Distribution. audit fees etc. Book value of Machinery 30,000 35,000 25,000 - - 15,000 1,05, benefits likely to be received). on unit cost decreases as production increases and vice versa. 9 0 obj (20% 60 of Q) 12 But there are some service departments which occasionally engaged in production apart from rendering services. It does not give proper weight to time factor. Capital values Insurance and depreciation of plants, machinery and At the end of the Expenses may be defined as the costs of services provided to an undertaking and the notional costs 2. ascertained first with the help of simultaneous equations. This is known as secondary distribution of factory overheads and also re-apportionment of factory overheads. factory furniture Prohibited Content 3. You are given the following information in respect of overheads in a factory: In this method the overheads of each service department is allocated only to other service department in the given basis or ratio. These service departments render service to each other. The principle is that . production departments on a suitable basis. Under Trial and Error Method distribution will be made in the following way. As per distribution summary 7,810 12,543 4, be as follows: Your email address will not be published. 7. (c) Indirect Expenses: Indirect Expenses: Indirect Expenses: Indirect Expenses: (i) Rent, rates and percentages and this process is repeated until the total costs of the service departments are Distinctive features of indian and western political thought. though it is a service department. The business also has to recover the cost of these overheads and needs to include them in the cost of the product. Whereas spreading common overheads over different cost centers on a fair basis is called apportionment. If the target is higher, the unit cost reduces indicating higher efficiency. PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION OF OVERHEADS Primary distribution of overhead involves allocation or apportionment of different items of overhead to all departments of a factory. (i) Rent, rates and 4.Efficiency method: According to this principle, the apportionment of overheads is made on the basis of the production targets. Working hours 1,000 2,500 1, 5 Absorption of overheads. 1. *Direct expenses are defined as costs, other than materials or wages, which are incurred for a specific They are also called Step Costs It may remain fixed within a certain activity level, but of employees. Turning, Milling, and Grinding. Group insurance, canteen expenses, E.S.I. Example: Stores, cost office, personnel dept. material and direct labour. Apportionment refers to the distribution of overheads among departments or cost centres on an equitable associations (viii)Light Points: This is used for apportioning lighting expenses. Image Guidelines 4. Using these methods, overheads are recovered, charged to, or absorbed in the factory cost. When only one kind of article is produced. Basis of apportioning overhead expenses: It is stated that the total overhead expenses of a department Production Overhead - Production overhead is the sum total of all the three ingredients, i.e. charged wholly to a particular department or cost centre, but will have to be charged to all departments or Indirect Wages 3,000 3,000 4,000 10,000 10,000 5,000 35, A comprehensive or composite machine hour rate can also be computed by including wages of the machine operator to the total overheads allocated to the machine. stream iii. 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