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 $ 63,000 $ 22,200 $ 52,500 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 $11.50 per direct labor-hour was based on a cost formula that estimated $460,000 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, $618,000. b. Raw materials used in production, $569,400. All of of the raw materials were used as direct materials. c. The following costs were accrued for employee services: direct labor, $410,000; indirect labor, $150,000; selling and administrative salaries, $338,000. d. Incurred various selling and administrative expenses (e.g., advertising, sales travel costs, and finished goods warehousing), $382,000. e. Incurred various manufacturing overhead costs (e.g., depreciation, insurance, and utilities), $310,000. f. 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 $1,372,600 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 $3,202,500. The jobs cost $1,382,600 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets.

Answer 1

Applied overhead = 11.50*41000 = 471500

Actual overhead = 310000+150000 = 460000

Over applied overhead = 471500-460000 = 11500

Adjusted cost of goods sold = 1382600-11500 = 1371100

Gross margin = 3202500-1371100 = 1831400