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2. Southern Rim Parts estimates its manufacturing overhead to be $360,500 and its direct labor costs to be $1,030,000 for year 1. The first three jobs that Southern Rim worked on had actual direct labor costs of $62,000 for Job 301, $87,000 for Job 302, and $160,000 for Job 303. For the year, actual manufacturing overhead was $414,000 and total direct labor cost was $837,000. Manufacturing overhead is applied to jobs on the basis of direct labor costs using predetermined rates.
Required:
a. How much overhead was assigned to each of the three jobs, 301, 302, and 30?
b. What was the over- or underapplied manufacturing overhead for year 1?
A |
Estimated Budgeted Overhead |
$ 360,500.00 |
B |
Budgeted direct labor cost |
1,030,000 |
C = A/B |
Overhead rate |
35% of direct labor cost |
Working |
Job 301 |
Job 302 |
Job 303 |
|
A |
Direct labor cost |
$ 62,000.00 |
$ 87,000.00 |
$ 160,000.00 |
B |
Overhead rate |
35% |
35% |
35% |
C = A x B |
Overhead assigned to each job [ANSWER] |
$ 21,700.00 |
$ 30,450.00 |
$ 56,000.00 |
A |
Actual Direct Labor cost |
$ 837,000.00 |
B |
Overhead rate |
35% |
C= A x B |
Overhead applied |
$ 292,950.00 |
D |
Actual Manufacturing Overhead |
$ 414,000.00 |
Overheads are |
Under - Applied |
|
E = D - C |
Overhead Under Applied by |
$ 121,050.00 |
Answer: Overheads are UNDER-APPLIED by $ 121,050