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Overhead Application Using a Predetermined Overhead RateTiana Shar, the controller for Bon...

Overhead Application Using a Predetermined Overhead Rate

Tiana Shar, the controller for Bondi Furniture Company, is in the process of analyzing the overhead costs for the month of November. She has gathered the following data for the month.

Labor

 

Direct-labor hours:

 

  Job 77

3,500

  Job 78

3,000

  Job 79

2,000

Labor costs:

 

  Direct-labor wages

$204,000

  Indirect-labor wages

15,000

  Supervisory salaries

6,000

Material

 

Inventories, November 1:

 

  Raw material and supplies

$ 10,500

  Work in process (job 77)

54,000

  Finished goods

112,500

Purchases of raw material and supplies:

 

  Raw material

$135,000

  Supplies (indirect material)

15,000

Direct material and supplies requisitioned for production:

 

  Job 77

$ 45,000

  Job 78

37,500

  Job 79

25,500

  Supplies (indirect material)

12,000

  Total

$120,000

Other

 

Building occupancy costs (heat, light, depreciation, etc.)

 

  Factory facilities

$ 6,400

  Sales offices

1,600

  Administrative offices

1,000

  Total

$ 9,000

Production equipment costs:

 

  Power

$ 4,100

  Repairs and maintenance

1,500

  Depreciation

1,500

  Other

1,000

  Total

$ 8,100

The firm's job-order costing system uses direct-labor hours (measured at practical capacity) as the cost driver for overhead application. In December of the preceding year, Shar had prepared the following budget for direct-labor and manufacturing-overhead costs for the current year. The plant is theoretically capable of operating at 150,000 direct-labor hours per year. However. Shar estimates that the practical capacity is 120,000 hours in a typical year.

 

Manufacturing Overhead

Direct-Labor Hours

Variable

Fixed

100,000

$325,000

$216,000

120,000

390,000

216,000

140,000

455,000

216,000

During November the following jobs were completed:

Job 77                                                

Side chairs

Job 78                                                

End tables

Required: Assist Shar by making the following calculations.

1. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate for the current year.

2. Calculate the total cost of job 77.

3. Compute the amount of manufacturing overhead applied to job 79 during November.

4. What was the total amount of manufacturing overhead applied during November?

5. Compute the actual manufacturing overhead incurred during November.

6. Calculate the overapplied or underapplied overhead for November.

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