In: Accounting
The following information pertains to Glass Works Company for 2014.
Budgeted direct-labour cost: --------------------------------75,000
hours at $16 per hour
Actual direct-labour cost:
------------------------------------80,000 hours at $17.50 per
hour.
Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead: ---------------------$ 997,500
Actual Manufacturing Overhead:
Depreciation ------------------------------------------------- $
240,000
Property
Taxes---------------------------------------------------12,000
Indirect Labour
--------------------------------------------------82,000
Supervisory Salaries
--------------------------------------------200,000
Utilities------------------------------------------------------------
59,000
Insurance
----------------------------------------------------------30,000
Rental of Space--------------------------------------------------
300,000
Indirect Material
--------------------------------------------------- 79,000
Required
(i) Compute the firm’s predetermined overhead rate, which is based
on direct-labour hours.
(ii) Calculate the overapplied or underapplied overhead for 2014.
(iii) Prepare a journal entry to close out the Manufacturing
Overhead Account into Cost of Goods Sold.
| Calculate predetermined overhead | ||
| Budgeted manufacturing overhead | $997,500 | |
| Budgeted direct labor hours | 75000 | hours |
| Predetermined overhead | ||
| ( manufacturing overhead/ direct labor hours | ||
| (997500/75000) | $13.30 | |
| calculate under or over applied overhead | ||
| Applied overhead | ||
| ( Actual direct labor hours*predetermined overhead | ||
| (80000*13.30) | 1064000 | |
| Actual manufacturing overhead | ||
| Depreciation | 240000 | |
| property taxes | 12000 | |
| indirect labor | 82000 | |
| supervisory salaries | 200000 | |
| utilities | 59000 | |
| insurance | 30000 | |
| rental space | 300000 | |
| Indirect materials | 79000 | |
| Total Actual manufacturing overhead | 1002000 | |
| Overapplied overhead | 62000 | |
| Since applied overhead is more than actual overhead, hence over applied | ||
| Accounts and Explanation | Debit | Credit |
| manufacturing overhead | 62000 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 62000 | |
| ( To record the closing entry for the overapplied overhead) | ||