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Tinkle-Tinkle Glass Company makes glass globe paper weights for desks. The company uses a job-order cost system and predetermined overhead rates to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Fabrication Department is based on machine hours, and the rate in the Finishing Department is based on direct labor hours. At the beginning of the year, the company’s management made the following estimates for the year:
Department
Fabrication Finishing
Machine hours 84,000 27,000
Direct labor hours 28,000 44,000
Direct material cost $415,000 $214,000
Direct labor cost $300,000 $690,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead cost $800,000 $280,000
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine hour $2.25 --
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor hour -- $2.15
Job 25 (the Christmas holiday special) was started on September 1 and completed on September 30. The company’s cost records show the following information concerning the job:
Department
Fabrication Finishing
Machine hours 310 75
Direct labor hours 110 133
Direct materials cost $1,320 $1,050
Direct labor cost $910 1,095
operating data for all jobs during the year:
Department
Fabrication Finishing
Machines hours 85,900 30,000
Direct labor hours 32,500 29,000
Direct materials cost $425,000 $163,000
Manufacturing overhead cost $713,000 $288,000
What was the amount of actual overhead in each department at the end of the year? Was it underapplied or overapplied? (You should have a total of four answers for this question.)