XYZ Company applies overhead to jobs using direct labor cost as an activity. For the current year, XYZ's estimated overhead was $144,000 while the actual overhead cost totaled $136,000. For the current year, XYZ's estimated direct labor cost was $240,000 and its actual direct labor cost amounted to $220,000. For the year, overhead was:

a. over-applied by $6,800
b. over-applied by $4,000
c. over-applied by $8,000
d. under-applied by $6,800
e. under-applied by $4,000
f. under-applied by $8,000

e. under-applied by $4,000

Explanation:

The overhead rate was calcualte considering labor cost:

144,000 / 240,000 = 0.60

Each dollar of labor cost applies 60 cent of overhead

applied overhead:

$220,000 labor cost x 0-60 each = 132,000 applied overhead

now we compare against the 136,000 actual overhead

as we didn't met the value and fell short, we have underapplied the overhead.

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