Question

Winston Company estimates that the factory overhead for the following year will be $938,000. The company has decided that the basis for applying factory overhead should be machine hours, which is estimated to be 26,800 hours. The total machine hours for the year were 54,000. The actual factory overhead for the year was $1,879,000.

a. Determine the total factory overhead amount applied. Round to the nearest dollar.
$

b. Compute the over- or underapplied amount for the year. Enter the amount as a positive number.
$  

c. Journalize the entry to transfer the over- or underapplied factory overhead to cost of goods sold. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Answer 1

a
Estimated factory overhead	938000
/ Estimated machine hours	26800
Overhead rate	35
Actual machine hours	54000
X Overhead rate	35
Total factory overhead applied	1890000
b
Total factory overhead applied	1890000
Less: Actual factory overhead	1879000
Overapplied overhead	11000	Overapplied
c
Factory overhead	11000
Cost of goods sold		11000