Roger has just been hired as an accountant and is in the process of performing some cost accounting calculations. The factory where he works produces tennis balls and uses a plant-wide cost pool under their simple costing system. The factory's total Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) costs are budgeted for: rent for the factory, $72,000; factory utilities, $40,000; quality control salaries, $52,000; and janitorial salaries, $36,000 in addition to assembly line workers' wages of $246,000, tennis ball coating costs of $10,000, and tennis ball core costs of $5,000. What is the budgeted MOH rate using one plant-wide pool based on Direct Labor (DL) cost?
A) $0.33
B) $0.81
C) $3.57
D) $4.35

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This question requires you to calculate the budgeted MOH rate using the formula of total budgeted MOH costs divided by the total budgeted quantity of the one cost driver. The first step includes adding together all of the applicable MOH costs. This calculation is ($72,000 + $40,000 + $52,000 + $36,000)/$246,000 = $200,000/$246,000 = $0.81 (Choice B).

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