The T-account showing the manufacturing overhead activity for Aliyah Corp. for 2018 is as follows:

Manufacturing overhead

195000203,000

Requirements

3. Is manufacturing overhead underallocated or overallocated? By how much?

Short Answer

Expert verified

The manufacturing overhead is overallocated by the amount $8,000

Step by step solution

01

Over allocation of overhead

The allocation of overhead is over allocated when the actual overhead incurred by the company is less than the allocated manufacturing overhead.

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Overallocated overhead amount

Overallocatedoverhead=Allocatedoverhead-Actualoverhead=$203,000-$195,000=$8,000

The manufacturing overhead of the company is overallocated by the amount of $8,000.

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