A companys production for the year ending 30.3 is given below: Items Production Departments Office Stores Work- Total 3. vary to the extent of 70%. This rate is not affected by the method of wage payment i.e., time rate or piece rate method. General expenses Direct Wages or No. As per distribution summary 7,810 12,543 4, Allocation and Apportionment of Overheads, Cost Accounting Notes B.Com 4th Sem CBCS Pattern, Micro Economics Notes and Important Questions. The objective at this stage is to allot . In other words, apportionment involves charging a share of the overheads to a cost centre or cost unit. apportioned to x will continue to be repeated till amount involved becomes negligible. Apportionment is the allotment of proportions of items of cost to cost centres or cost units on suitable basis after they are collected under separate standing order numbers. arrive at the estimate by adjusting the variable amount by the expected change in output and the fixed Floor area occupied by the machines. There are four steps of Absorption Costing: In this article, we are going to discuss Allocation and Apportionment. drawing office <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 720 540] /Contents 8 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S>> Report a Violation 11. For instance in March 2013, the output of the factory is 2,000 units and the expenses are as follows: ` 400 (10% of 4,000 of P) (ii) The sequence of operations are taken into consideration while determining the location of various (7176)y. April 1,500 6,000 588 1176 3,45,744 6,91. (i) Rent, rates and Recognition of Direct Method (When Statement is used), Service department apportion their cost only to production departments. Floor area occupied by each department. This is a huge amount that needs to be considered when costing the products and making pricing decisions, so that this expenditure can be recovered from the sales income. endobj insurance of be considered as direct expenses. Prepare cost estimates for allocation and apportionment of overheads, including between reciprocal service departments. i. Cost is apportioned when cost centres use only a proportion of the benefits of the whole expenses. etc. overheads absorption rates are applied. For example, managers salary may be apportioned on the basis of time and attention given by him to different cost centres or the charge for services of cost accounting department may be apportioned to different production departments on the basis of number of workers employed in each department etc. apportionment and absorption of overheads. This rate 13 0 obj (iv) Sundry This method combines the limitations of both direct materials and direct labour methods. [ 11 0 R] machine 877 1,169 1,462 - - 292 3, ii. amount for each department or cost centre. For instance, some semi-variable expenses may have 20% variability while others may once that level is exceeded, they vary without having direct relationship with volume changes. Direct expenses may be Under this method specific criteria are laid down after careful survey for apportionment of charge for different service functions. Canteen expenses Number of employees. (vii) Cost of making a design, pattern for a specific job. capacity of the business. Number of employees For workforce related costs like canteen costs etc. Explain the use of cost information in pricing decisions, including marginal cost pricing and the calculation of full cost The next stage in the analysis is to determine the overhead cost for each cost centre. 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. endobj = 7,176 - (2,088 x 2) Primary Distribution of Overhead: Primary distribution involves apportionment or allocation of overhead to all departments in a factory on logical and rational basis. incurred for several departments have also to be apportioned e. expenses on rent, power, lighting, Actualquantutyorvalueofthebasefortheperiod. Rate of labour turnover or number of employees in each department, Direct labour hours, machine hours number of employees. (ii) Seasonal or cyclical influences cause wide fluctuations in the actual overhead cost and actual The business incurs expenditure on overheads (like those mentioned above) because it is crucial for the production to take place. Apportionment is a term used in accounting to describe the way a business separates and distributes a portion of its gross income. (iv) Analytical method: Under this method, the degree of variability is estimated for each item of semi- Plagiarism Prevention 4. An overhead cost is defined as expenditure on labour, materials or services that cannot be economically identified with a specific saleable cost unit. Insurance on Plant and Machinery, Building; Depreciation on Plant and Machinery; Maintenance of Plant and Machinery. This method is quite illogical and inaccurate because overheads are in no way related to the cost of materials consumed. (vi) Employees of departments. So, the term allocation means the allotment of the whole item without division to a particular department or cost centre. buildings. Apportionment is done in Store-keeping and materials handling Number of stores requisitions. Apportionment is the method of sharing service charge costs between occupiers in multi-tenanted premises. expenses like (ii)Direct Labour/Machine Hours: Under this basis, the overhead expenses are distributed to various departments in the ratio of total number of labour or machine hours worked in each department. In the production departments, with the help of manual and or machine operations the raw materials are converted to finished goods. 2. There is no hard and fast rule regarding classification of expenses into direct and indirect. Derived Benefit: According to this principle, the apportionment of common item of overheads should be based on the actual benefit received by the respective cost centers. This will close the amount of second service department. Direct expenses are chargeable expenses and are debited to Direct Expenses Account in financial books. and variable. apportioned to production departments, without taking into consideration any service from one instance, if the output increases by 5%, the variable expenses also increase by 5%. Indirect wages of the maintenance department or inspection etc. Expenses, Meaning, Collection and Classification of service department x will be distributed to service department y. Specific criteria method: According to this principle, apportionment of overheads is made on the basis of specific criteria determined in a survey. Machine of the use of owned assets. (iii) High and low points method: Under this method the output at two different levels i. high or low point Expenses of wage department. This is known as primary distribution of factory overheads. levels are compared. 1. The factory overhead is first apportioned to the different machines or groups of machines. The departmentalisation is done at sources. If the overheads of a machine cost centre are divided by the effective machine hours, we get machine hour rate pertaining to the machine or the group of machines. Cost allocation is possible when we can identify a cost as specifically attributable to a particular cost centre. The working hours of a machine are calculated for the period for which the machine is to run. period, the total of factory overheads would be debited to Factory Overhead Control Account and credited to In addition to direct costs, indirect distribution costs to be allocated between the two products are as follows. Overheads, Methods of segregating semi-variable Re-Apportionment of Service Centre Costs | Overheads Accounting, Selling and Distribution Overheads | Cost Accounting, Administration Overhead | Overheads Accounting, Treatment of Special Items of Overheads in Cost Accounts. conditioning, etc. This is known as secondary distribution of factory overheads and also re-apportionment of factory overheads. i. (20% 3,000 of Q) 600 material and direct labour. from the You are required to prepare an overhead analysis sheet for the departments showing clearly the basis of apportionment when necessary. (v) Comparison by period or level of activity method: Under this method output and expenses at two Similarly ii. depreciation (as a whole) semi-variable. xn@HYDt,][,. y6iU%1h7.8BJnJFsh]\]@o/.\E| ;3_|htsA1$h3@.|iB4@W}_c2J2Q"b%AHo47T#SE} It is defined as the allotment to two or more cost centres of proportions of the common items of cost on the estimated basis of benefit received. Service departments are auxiliary and are those departments which are not directly engaged in production. The advice of technical personnel may also be useful on the apportionment of certain expenses, e.g., the cost of steam consumed by a particular department can be arrived at on the basis of the engineers estimates. Stores O. material 3,573 4,168 5,359 - (-)13,100 - -. Then by judgment a line of best fit which passes through all or most of. is determined as follows: Actual overhead rate = The procedure adopted to determine the Machine Hour Rate is as follows: i. (iii) Depreciation, Service department P 4 5 3 12 (ii) Repeated distribution method: Generally overheads are classified on the following basis: (1) Functional analysis Prohibited Content 3. repairs and Primary distribution involves apportionment or allocation of overhead to all departments in a factory on logical and rational basis. This method is known as cost apportionment. So, whole of $3,000 can be charged to Department A and there is no need to apportion this between other Departments. expenses of other service departments. Overheads relating to service cost centres. the product or service rendered. Derived Benefit. On the basis of the above survey the apportionment is made. Let: A = the total overhead $ apportioned to department A Where such a division of functions has been made, some of the departments would be engaged in The following steps are involved in this method: (i) Apply the given percentages to distribute the primary total of first service department. Under this method, expenses of one service department (generally the one which received the least service and gives the maximum service from and to other service departments) are apportioned to all other departments in the proportion of benefit derived by them; then expenses of the next service department are apportioned to the remaining departments and so on till expenses of all service departments are dealt with. There are three production departments in a factory viz. xi. completed. of Machinery Machine Hours Worked, 20,000 25,000 30,000 30,000 35,000 45,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 4,000 200 250 300 30,000 35,000 25,000 15 20 25 10,000 20,000 15,000, 75,000 1,10,000 13,000 35,000 1,250 1,05,000 65 50,000. (iii) Reciprocal service method: This method gives cognizance to the fact that where there are two or It is also possible that expenses of one service department may also be apportioned in part to another service department to arrive at the total expenses incurred on the latter department, which will then be distributed among production department. is compared with the amount of expenses incurred at these different periods. latter department, which will then be distributed among production department. At the end of the salary paid to the works manager of the factory, factory rent, general managers salary etc. When material cost forms a greater part of the cost of production. Standing order numbers are used for covering the factory overheads. Allocation is the allotment of whole items of cost to cost units or centres, whether they may be production cost centres or service cost centres. Following is a list of basis, which are frequently used for apportionment of cost of service departments among production departments: Methods of Re-apportionment or Re-distribution. screws, thread, glue, etc. Uploader Agreement. It is also possible that expenses of one service department may The two together make legal charges This assumption is not valid since service departments not only render service to production departments but also mutually. element of cost per unit, c represents the total fixed cost, y represents the total cost and x represents the It should be noted 10 0 obj ADVERTISEMENTS: i. AccountingNotes.net. [CDATA[ Marginal There are four steps of Absorption Costing: Allocation Apportionment Reapportionment 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. In a hypothetical organisation no expenditure remains unchanged for all time. The direct method allocates costs of each of the service departments to each operating department based on each department's share of the allocation base. Services used by other service departments are ignored. 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. There are 3 following methods for apportionment of overhead costs on reciprocal basis. 14 0 obj 2 0 obj The next step is allocation and apportionment of overheads. department. Overheads relating to production cost centres and. If first service department apportion its cost to production department and other service department and that other service department apportion its cost to production department and does not reapportion its cost to first service department or does not apportion back its cost to first service department. When the measurement of actual benefit is difficult or impossible or uneconomical this method is adopted. (i) Rate of labour-turnover or number of employees. Rent Area 2,000 2,500 3,000 1,500 1,000 2,500 12, after sales service costs (or variable costs) afford a number of advantages, in fixing prices in a special market, for a special This rate is determined by dividing the overhead expenses by the total number of direct labour hours. (iii) Depreciation 15% of value of machinery It needs a suitable basis for subdivision of cost by cost centres or cost units. Deviation of Factory Overhead Formula 4. total costs at different levels of activity or output are plotted on a graph with the output on the X-axis and their (iv) Sundry expenses comprises direct overhead expenses incurred in the departments itself as well as the apportioned overhead (x) Technical Estimates: This basis of apportionment is used for the apportionment of those expenses for which it is difficult, to find out any other basis of apportionment. Suppose the cost of service department X is Rs.4,000 and that of Y is 4,800; an analysis reveals that X department renders 20% of its service to Y and Y renders 30% of its service to X. hours, Value or weight of direct material Stores overheads, Weight, volume, tonne, mile. Lowest 1,500 6, Algebraic approach. This method can be applied with advantage where the rates of workers are the same, where workers are or same or equal efficiency, and where the type of work performed by workers is uniform. PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION OF OVERHEADS Primary distribution of overhead involves allocation or apportionment of different items of overhead to all departments of a factory. All rights reserved. cannot be charged wholly to a particular department or cost centre, but will have to be charged to all departments or cost centers on an equitable basis. (ii) Step method: In this method the cost of most serviceable department is first, apportioned to other cannot be charged wholly to a particular department or cost centre, but will have to be charged to all departments or . Department X produces 10,000 units of product A and Department Y produces 90,000 units of product B in a particular period. This method is particularly used when it is difficult to select a suitable basis for apportionment. Step method So cost apportionment will arise in case of expenses common to more than one cost centre or unit. Pre-determined overhead rate is determined in advance of the actual production and is computed by dividing Cost is allocated when the cost centre uses whole of the benefits of the expenses. The following basis are most commonly used for apportioning items of overhead Apportionment of Overheads: Certain expenses such as General Manager's salary, rent of the factory etc. Additional records of labour must be maintained if this method is to be used. When labour forms the predominant part of the total cost. service departments to another service department. Total 9,500 15,000 7, office Other registers, like, plant and machinery. When classification of overheads on some scientific and consistent basis is complete, overheads are Another way, more expeditious, is to analyse the total overheads into fixed and variable and then Under this method service department overheads are charged to production departments on the basis of potential rather than actual services rendered. For instance, suppose there are two Lesson 4 Direct Expenses and Overheads 163. (iii)Value of Materials Passing through Cost Centres: This basis is adopted for expenses associated with material such as material handling expenses. 3 0 obj 3. are specific charges directly attributable while the indirect expenses are apportioned on suitable basis. Expenses may be defined as the costs of services provided to an undertaking and the notional costs Direct Materials 30,000 35,000 45,000 - - - 1,10, stream For the purpose of absorption of overhead to individual jobs, processes or products, viii. 1st Example. hour 2,765 5,530 4,147 - - (-)12,442 -, Apportionment of Direct The various methods of absorption of factory overheads are discussed below: In this method overheads are absorbed on the total of direct materials consumed in producing the product. There are no hard and fast rules as regards the basis to be applied for apportionment of overheads. units. (ii) Departmentalisation of factory overheads. (b) According to capital values of the assets. may be apportioned on this basis. Variable overhead costs are those costs which vary in total in direct proportion to the volume of output. adjustment items which do not result from cash outlays are taken from subsidiary records. Before uploading and sharing your knowledge on this site, please read the following pages: 1. The relationship between fixed and variable cost can be illustrated on the basis of the Disclaimer 8. 1. They are known as semi-variable overheads The controlled cloth may have to be sold at a price fixed by the Government and its manufacture may be must for manufacturing superfine cloth as per the orders of the Government. obtained from wages analysis book can be allocated directly to maintenance service cost centre. All Content Filtration 6. endobj overheads are not associated with individual jobs or products; they represent the cost of the facilities Rent, Rates, taxes etc. services, as cannot be conveniently charged direct to specific cost centres or cost units. Service department Q (80% of 3,061) 306 612 1, (i) Rent 12, In the plant, machinery, for the benefit of other departments. There may be three broad categories of factory overheads: 2. The basis adopted should be such by which the expenses being apportioned must be measurable by the basis adopted and there must be proper correlation between the expenses and the basis. This is also known as departmentalization of overheads. Hence this method is also known as Survey method. (viii) Welfare staff (b) Repeated distribution method: According to this method service department costs are Everything you need to know about Factory Overhead. indirect material cost can also be allocated to different cost centres according to use by pricing stores Rate per hour 9 6 5. Secondary Distribution. volume of output. Disclaimer 9. Therefore, a distinction between fixed and variable expenses is essential. It is most suitable where labour constitutes the major factor of production. Insurance Value of ADVERTISEMENTS: These bases are: (i) Direct labour hour overheads absorption rate (OAR) . It is to be carefully noted that at the time of making . <> Over the last 230 years, the reapportionment of the congressional districts has changed approximately five times. would not possible to prepare a flexible budget in a given period on the basis of different levels of activity. At the end of each month, the total of these Following are the methods of re-distribution of service department costs to production departments: A companys production for the year ending 30.3.2013 is given below: Depreciation 15% of value of machinery. It will be a big mistake to pay attention only to direct cost. based prices to generate a specified return performed and the size of the factory. Under this method, service departments costs are apportioned to production departments only ignoring service rendered by one service department to another. iii. This is also known as departmentalization of overheads. (b) the actual process of classification of the various items of expenses into one or another of the For example, a textile mill may apportion its overheads between superfine quality and controlled quality of cloth on this basis. (iii) Division of responsibility as far as possible should be clear, without ambiguity and dual control. (iv) Power 3, Estimated or actual time spent. Account Disable 12. responsibility for incurring this expenditure is determined in relation to output. 5 0 obj 6. labour welfare dept., canteen, time keeping, repairs and maintenance, tool room, hospital etc. 2. Under this method, expenses of one service department (generally the one which received the least service and gives the maximum service from and to other service departments) are apportioned to all other departments in the proportion of benefit derived by them; then expenses of the next service department are apportioned to the remaining Sometimes, workers are employed with costly equipment and hand tools. A department may be either production department or service department depending upon the nature and function. office, furniture, In other words, departmentalisation of overhead means dividing the factory into several action. 6 0 obj Thus, the overhead allocation formula is: Cost pool Total activity measure = Overhead allocation per unit iv. Overhead cost comprises indirect material, indirect labour and indirect expanses. 1 0 obj state that fixed overhead is fixed within specified limit relating to time and activity. case of those overhead items which cannot be wholly allocated to a particular department. All the factory overheads are to be classified to suit the purpose of cost accounting, whether item wise, i.e., rent, insurance, depreciation etc., or function-wise. research So, the business needs to include $15 ($150,000/10,000 units) to each unit to be able to recover the overheads cost and to avoid a loss. Wages paid to workers against Separation of semi-variable cost into fixed and variable can be done by applying any of the following This amount of overheads does not change because the work is being done on copper instead of iron. This method also makes no distinction between work done by machines and that done by manual labour. The apportionment method and its constant revamping is a true sign of a democracy trying to obtain equal representation for all of its citizens. After classification of overheads all the items of overheads are collected properly under suitable account heading. It is difficult and costly to analyse them and hence treated as indirect expenses, e. nuts, equipments. It may be on the basis of services rendered by a particular item of expense to different departments or by survey method. factory. Report a Violation, Inter-Departmental Services: 2 Methods (With Examples), Direct Labour Hour Rate: Cost Sheet and Calculations. Direct Apportionment of overheads based on this criterion ensures The following factors are taken care of while dividing an organisation into number of departments: (i) Every manufacturing process is divided into its natural divisions in order to maintain natural flow of *Direct expenses are defined as costs, other than materials or wages, which are incurred for a specific the Cost Ledger Control Account. endstream (ix)Kilowatt Hours: This basis is used for the apportionment of power expenses. Learn about 1. - p + 10q = 26,000 (vi). Hence this method is also known as 'Survey method'. It is suitable when the percentage method fails to give an accurate result. The principle is that if an overhead item cannot be fully allocated to one cost center, it should be apportioned over related cost centers. CIMA, London has defined it as that part of cost attribution which shares costs among two or more cost endobj 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. Such expenses require division and apportionment over two or more cost centres or units. Therefore, this method gives stable results. and other fringe benefits, supervisions etc. <> Rate per hour 9 6 5. Then the service departments may be ignored for apportioning the expenses. good deal of attention has to be paid to them. This is achieved through the process of allocation and apportionment. Machinery 300 350 250 - - 150 1, <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 720 540] /Contents 15 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S>> (iv)Direct Wages: This method is used only for those items of expenses which are booked with the amounts of wages, e.g., workers insurance, their contribution to provident fund, workers compensation etc. Uploader Agreement. The cost of another service department plus the share received Direct Labour hours or Machinery hours. Suitable bases have to be found out for apportioning the items of overhead cost to production and service departments and then for reapportionment of service departments costs to other service and production departments. 9 0 obj Similarly, wages of service department S is to be allocated to Department S only. ii. AccountingNotes.net. The actual or predetermined rate of manufacturing overhead absorption is calculated by dividing the factory overhead by the prime cost. = 3. Learn More -. This process of apportionment is also known as departmentalisation of overhead. The process through which overheads are absorbed in the cost of the product is called absorption costing. Indirect labour is obtained in the first place, from the time cards and pay rolls. (i) The figure of the previous year or period may be adopted as the overhead rate to be charged on Under this method the cost of most serviceable department is first apportioned to other service departments and production departments. factory TOS 7. This process is called as 'Apportionment'of overheads. Following are the methods of re-distribution of service department costs to production departments: (i) Direct distribution method: Under this method, the cost of service department are directly This website uses cookies and third party services. charges a specific cost to a cost centre or cost unit. iii. Indirect expenses or This method produces fairly accurate results where material prices do not fluctuate widely and where output is uniform. Allocation is the charging of overheads directly to one cost center. Fixed expenses are incurred by management decisions and are incurred irrespective of the This can also apply to a company's overheads as a way to calculate the correct costs, especially when the business is spread across different departments, subsidiaries or countries of operation. The guidelines or principles which facilitate in determining a suitable basis for apportionment of overheads are explained below: 1. production in the current year. xOK0{ acP nm6Px;IZd`.BF')Ns&'F+).7jM &2Te/KnYMPj 4,ZulP=Hq[+>__|AiL&Rl`4EMcLGfzd Works managers remuneration, general overtime expenses, cost of inter-department transfers etc. 9,500 15,000 7, The The first stage in the analysis of overheads is the selection of approximate cost centres. 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