Question

Kim's Asphalt does driveway and parking lot resurfacing work for large commercial clients as well as small residential clients. An inventory of materials and equipment is on hand at all times so that work can start as quickly as possible. Special equipment is ordered as required. On May 1, the Materials and Equipment Inventory account had a balance of $41,000. The Work-in-Process Inventory account is maintained to record costs of work not yet complete. There were two such jobs on May 1 with the following costs.

	Job 27 Highlands Mall			Job 33 Pine Ridge Estates
Materials and equipment	$	16,125		$	53,000
Direct labor		14,000			26,500
Overhead (applied)		5,600			10,600

Overhead has been applied at 40 percent of the costs of direct labor.

During May, Kim's Asphalt started two new jobs. Additional work was carried out on Jobs 27 and 33, with the latter completed and billed to Pine Ridge Estates. Details on the costs incurred on jobs during May follow.

Job	27			33			34			35
Materials and equipment	$	3,500		$	5,300		$	5,100		$	3,400
Direct labor (wages payable)		5,000			7,250			6,400			2,100

Other May Events

Received $13,000 payment on Job 24 delivered to customer in April.

Purchased materials and equipment for $9,900 on account.

Billed Pine Ridge Estates $135,000 and received payment for $100,000 of that amount.

Determined that payroll for indirect labor personnel totaled $700.

Issued supplies and incidental materials for current jobs costing $205.

Recorded overhead and advertising costs for the operation as follows (all cash except equipment depreciation).

Property taxes	$	600
Storage area rental		725
Truck and delivery cost		370
Advertising and promotion campaign		650
Inspections		250
Telephone and other miscellaneous		375
Equipment depreciation		500

Required:

a. Prepare journal entries to record the flow of costs for operations during May.

b. Calculate the amount of over- or underapplied overhead for the month.

c. Determine inventory balances for Materials and Equipment Inventory and Work-in-process inventory.

Answer 1

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