During the 1970s, Generac expanded its offerings in the portable and recreational vehicle markets, and in the 1980s the company entered the commercial and industrial markets with its backup power generation systems.
Add each cost to determine the labor burden cost of the employee. In this example, assume you pay $2,000 in payroll taxes, $1,000 in insurance, $2,000 in benefits and $5,000 in supplies and other miscellaneous expenses. Add together $2,000, $1,000, $2,000 and $5,000 to get a labor burden cost of $10,000.
The third step is to compute the predetermined overhead rate by dividing the estimated total manufacturing overhead costs by the estimated total amount of cost driver or activity base. Common activity bases used in the calculation include direct labor costs, direct labor hours, or machine hours. pre-determined overhead rate is the rate used to apply manufacturing overhead to work-in-process inventory. The pre-determined overhead rate is calculated before the period begins.