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Script Company uses a job costing accounting system for its production costs. A predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours is used to apply overhead to individual jobs. An estimate of overhead costs at different volumes was prepared for the current year as follows: | |||||
Direct labor-hours | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | ||
Variable overhead costs | 864,000 | 1,152,000 | 1,440,000 | ||
Fixed overhead costs | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | ||
Total overhead | 2,064,000 | 2,352,000 | 2,640,000 | ||
The expected volume is 24,000 direct labor-hours for the entire year. The following information is for October, when jobs 1011 and 1015 were completed: | |||||
Inventories, October 1 | |||||
Raw materials and supplies | 100800 | ||||
Work in process (Job 1011) | 219120 | ||||
Finished goods | 546960 | ||||
Purchases of raw materials and supplies | |||||
Raw materials | 1509600 | ||||
Supplies | 190320 | ||||
Materials and supplies requisitioned for production | |||||
Job 1011 | 674400 | ||||
Job 1015 | 562800 | ||||
Job 1017 | 113280 | ||||
Supplies | 184080 | ||||
1534560 | |||||
Machine-hours (MH) | |||||
Job 1011 | 7,440 MH | ||||
Job 1015 | 7,320 MH | ||||
Job 1017 | 4,440 MH | ||||
Direct labor-hours (DLH) | |||||
Job 1011 | 8,400 DLH | ||||
Job 1015 | 3,660 DLH | ||||
Job 1017 | 2,220 DLH | ||||
Labor costs | |||||
Direct labor wages (all hours @ $48) | 685440 | ||||
Indirect labor wages (12,000 hours) | 151200 | ||||
Supervisory salaries | 307200 | ||||
Building occupancy costs (heat, light, depreciation, etc.) | |||||
Factory facilities | 88560 | ||||
Sales and administrative offices | 34080 | ||||
Factory equipment costs | |||||
Power | 52320 | ||||
Repairs and maintenance | 19680 | ||||
Other | 23760 | ||||
95760 | |||||
(Note: Regardless of your answer to requirement [a], assume that the predetermined overhead rate is $100 per direct labor-hour. Use this amount in answering requirements [b] through [e].) | |||||
Required: | |||||
a. Compute the predetermined overhead rate (combined fixed and variable) to be used to apply overhead to individual jobs during the year. | |||||
b. Compute the total cost of Job 1011 when it is finished. | |||||
c. How much of factory overhead cost was applied to Job 1017 during October? | |||||
d. What total amount of overhead was applied to jobs during October? | |||||
e. Compute actual factory overhead incurred during October. | |||||
f. At the end of the year, Script Company had the following account balances: |