Overhead Application
Jobs are assigned overhead costs with the predetermined overhead rate. Typically, direct labor hours is the measure used to calculate overhead. For example, assume a firm has estimated overhead costs for the coming year of $900,000, and expected activity is 90,000 direct labor hours. The predetermined overhead rate is $900,000/90,000 direct labor hours = $10 per direct labor hour.
Since the number of direct labor hours charged to a job known from time tickets, the assignment of overhead costs to jobs is simple once the predetermined rate has been