Milan Manufacturing Company has identified three cost pools to allocate overhead costs.The following estimates are provided for the coming year:

The accounting records show the Mossman Job consumed the following resources:

If direct labor-hours are considered the only overhead cost driver,what is the single cost driver rate for Milan?
A)$1.05 per direct labor-hour
B)$0.59 per direct labor-hour
C)$0.95 per direct labor-hour
D)$1.71 per direct labor-hour

Question

Milan Manufacturing Company has identified three cost pools to allocate overhead costs.The following estimates are provided for the coming year:

The accounting records show the Mossman Job consumed the following resources:

If direct labor-hours are considered the only overhead cost driver,what is the single cost driver rate for Milan?
A)$1.05 per direct labor-hour 
B)$0.59 per direct labor-hour 
C)$0.95 per direct labor-hour 
D)$1.71 per direct labor-hour

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Cost driver rate = $874,000 ÷ 920,000 = 0.95 per dlh

Milan Manufacturing Company Has Identified Three Cost Pools to Allocate