Question

Bunnell Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. On January 1, the company's inventory balances were as follows: Raw materials Work in process Finished goods $ 59,500 $37,600 $ 61,800 The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of direct labor-hours. For the current year, the company's predetermined overhead rate of $14.25 per direct labor-hour was based on a cost formula that estimated $570,000 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 40.000 direct labor-hours. The following transactions were recorded for the year: a. Raw materials were purchased on account, $634,000. b. Raw materials use in production, $598,400. All of of the raw materials were used as direct materials. c. The following costs were accrued for employee services: direct labor, $520,000; indirect labor, $150,000: selling and administrative salaries, $337,000. d. Incurred various selling and administrative expenses (e.g., advertising, sales travel costs, and finished goods warehousing). $461,000. e. Incurred various manufacturing overhead costs (e.g. depreciation, insurance, and utilities). $420,000. t Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production. The company actually worked 41,000 direct labor-hours on all jobs during the year. g. Jobs costing $1,645,750 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed during the year. h. Jobs were sold on account to customers during the year for a total of $3,360,000. The jobs cost $1,655,750 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets. 7. What is the ending balance in Work in Process? Work in Process Beg

Answer 1

7) Balance in work in process

Work in process
Beg Bal	37600	Finished goods	1645750
Direct material	598400
Direct labor	520000
Manufacturing overhead (41000*14.25)	584250
End bal	94500

Ending balance of work in process = $94500