Tolman Lager has just purchased the Edmonton Brewery. The brewery is two years old and uses absorption costing. It will "sell" its product to Tolman Lager at $ per barrel. Peter Bryant, Tolman Lager's controlle obtains the following information about Edmonton Brewery's capacity and budgeted fixed manufacturing costs for
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Theoretical capacity
Practical capacity
Normal capacity utilization
Normal capacity utilization
Masterbudget capacity utilization for each half year:
a JanuaryJune
b JulyDecember
Explain why they are different.
The theoretical and practical capacity
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The sixmonth rates for the masterbudget utilization concept are different because of seasonal differences in budgeted production.
Requirement Compute the Edmonton Brewery's operating income when the denominatorlevel capacity is a theoretical capacity, b practical capacity, and c normal capacity utilization.
Begin by completing the following table to help you calculate the operating income for each denominatorlevel capacity concept. Round the rates to the nearest cent.
tabletableDenominatorleyel capacityconcept Per barrel,tableBudgeted fixedMOH rate perbarreltableBudgetedvariablemanufacturingcost ratetableBudgeted totalmanufacturingcost ratetableFired MOHcosts allocatedheoretical capacity,,,,