Beal Company uses direct labor cost as a basis for computing its predetermined overhead rate.In computing the predetermined overhead rate for 2010,the company misclassified a portion of direct labor cost as indirect labor.The effect of this misclassification will be to
A)understate the predetermined overhead rate.
B)overstate the predetermined overhead rate.
C)there will be no effect on the predetermined overhead rate.
D)Can't tell from the information provided.

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The misclassification of direct labor cost as indirect labor will result in a higher denominator (total overhead cost) and a lower numerator (direct labor cost) in the calculation of the predetermined overhead rate. This will lead to an overstatement of the predetermined overhead rate.

Beal Company Uses Direct Labor Cost as a Basis for Computing