Baka corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the most recent year, the company based its predetermined overhead rate on total estimated overhead of $243,300 and 8,300 estimated direct labor-hours. actual manufacturing overhead for the year amounted to $244,400 and actual direct labor-hours were 5,800.

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Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Baka Corporation applies manufacturing overhead based on direct labor-hours.

The company based its predetermined overhead rate on total estimated overhead of $243,300 and 8,300 estimated direct labor-hours.

Actual manufacturing overhead for the year amounted to $244,400 and actual direct labor-hours were 5,800.

To determine the over or under application of manufacturing overhead, first, we need to calculate the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate:

predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated manufacturing overhead for the period/ total amount of allocation base

predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= 243,000/8,300= 29.28

Now, we can calculate the allocated overhead:

Allocated manufacturing overhead= predetermined manufacturing overhead rate* actual hours= 29.28*5800= $169,824

Finally, we can determine the under or over allocation:

Under/over allocation= real manufacturing overhead - allocated manufacturing overhead= 244400 - 169824= $74,576 underallocated