Question

The Johny Pickles Brewing Company takes custom orders for seasonal brews and has two separate departments, brewing and packaging. The brewing department allocates overhead based on batches produced while the packaging department allocates overhead to orders based on machine hours worked in the department. The estimated overhead for the brewing department for the year is $24472 and the packaging department is estimated at $13511. It is estimated that the brewery will produce 268 batches during the year and will spend 1095 hours running the equipment to package those batches.  

At the end of the year, it is determined that 294 batches were actually produced and 1036 were used to package the product. The overhead amounts actually incurred by the brewing and packaging departments were $20209 and $14586 respectively.

What is the entry into the overhead account at the end of the year to balance the account? A credit would be entered as a negative and a debit as a positive. Round your answer to the whole dollar.

Answer 1

Overhead rate for brewing Dept
Brewing department Estimated Overheads	$ 24,472.00
Estimated Total batches	268
Overhead cost per Batch	$          91.31

Overhead rate for Packaging Dept
Packaging Department Estimated Overheads	$ 13,511.00
Estimated Total Machine Hours	1095
Overhead cost Machine hour	$          12.34

Overhead cost Applied
Brewing Dept
(A)	Actual Batches	294
(B)	Overhead rate per batch	$          91.31
C=(A*B)	manufacturing Overheads Applied	$ 26,846.15
(D)	Actual Overheads	$ 20,209.00
(C-D)	Overapplied Overheads	$    6,637.15

Overhead cost Applied
Packaging Dept
(A)	Actual Machine hours	1036
(B)	Overhead cost Machine hour	$          12.34
C=(A*B)	manufacturing Overheads Applied	$ 12,783.01
(D)	Actual Overheads	$ 14,586.00
(C-D)	Underapplied Overheads	$ (1,802.99)

Journal entry for Brewing Department
Manufacturing Overheads	$ 6,637.15
Finished goods		$    6,637.15
(overapplied overheads deducted from manufacturing cost)
Journal entry for Packaging Department
Finished goods	$ 1,802.99
Manufacturing overheads		$    1,802.99
(overheads underapplied)