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Exercise 15-12 Don Lieberman and Associates, a CPA firm, uses job order costing to capture the costs of its audit jobs. There were no audit jobs in process at the beginning of November. Listed below are data concerning the three audit jobs conducted during November. Bramble Inc. Vaughn Inc. Sunland Inc. Direct materials $510 $660 $5,900 76 Auditor labor costs $290 $3,675 $7,000 Auditor hours 94 49 Overhead costs are applied to jobs on the basis of auditor hours, and the predetermined overhead rate is $54 per auditor hour. The Bramble job is the only incomplete job at the end of November. Actual overhead for the month was $12,100. (a) Determine the cost of each job. Cost Bramble $ Vaughn $ Sunland $ (b) Indicate the balance of the Service Contracts in Process account at the end of November. Balance in service contracts in process account $ (c) Calculate the ending balance of the Operating Overhead account for November. Balance in operating overhead account Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work

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(A)
	Lynn ($)	Brain ($)	Mike ($)
Direct Material	$           660	$     510	$    290
Auditor Labor cost	$        5,900	$ 7,000	$ 3,675
Applies overhead (76*$54), (94*$54), (49*$54)	$        4,104	$ 5,076	$ 2,646
Cost of Job	$      10,664	$12,586	$ 6,611
(B) The Lynn job is the only incomplete job, therefore balance in process account is - $10,664.
(C)
Labor hours (a)	76	94	49
Overhead rate (b)	$             54	$       54	$      54
Total (a*b)	$        4,104	$ 5,076	$ 2,646
Total Applied Manufacturing Overhead = $4104 + $5076 + $2646 = $11,826
Actual Manufacturing Overhead- $12100
Under - applied overhead = $12100 - $11826 = $2,584
Balance in operating overhead account = $274