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Lincoln Estates manufactures log homes to customers’ specifications and uses job order cos...

Lincoln Estates manufactures log homes to customers’ specifications and uses job order costing. A predetermined overhead rate is used In applying manufacturing overhead to individual jobs. In the Cutting Department, overhead is applied on the basis of machine-hours. In the Assembly Department overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours. At the beginning of the current year, management made the following estimates, to assist in determining the overhead application rates:

Annual Estimates

Cutting Department

Assembly Department

Direct labor cost

  $800,000

$960,000

Direct labor hours

  40,000

32,000

Manufacturing overhead

  5600,000

$480,000

Machine-hours

30,000

15,000

Production of a home ordered by Cliff Newton ( job no. 80) was started early in the year and completed at the end of the first quarter, on March 31. The records for this job show the following cost information:

 

Cutting Department

Assembly Department

Job order for Cliff Newton (job no. 80):

Direct materials cost     

  $100,000

$150,000

Direct labor cost

  $10,000

$108,000

Direct labor hours

  500

3,600

Machine-hours

  400

300

Selected additional information for the first quarter is as follows:

 

Cutting Department

Assembly Department

Direct labor hours—first quarter

  8,000

6,000

Machine-hours—first quarter 

  7,000

3,000

Manufacturing overhead incurred in first quarter

  $142,000

$87,000

Instructions

a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for each department.


b. What is the total cost of the home produced for Cliff Newton?


c. Prepare the entries required to record the sale (on account of the home to Cliff Newton. The sales price of the order was- $602,000.


d. Determine the over- or undcrapplied overhead for each department at the end of the first’ quarter.

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