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The Garriga printing press uses a job order cost system to record business costs. Each order of a customer is treated as a separate job.
Indirect costs are allocated based on the work hours required by the client's order. If indirect costs are over-allocated or under-allocated (overapplied or underapplied), the difference is taken against the cost of goods sold because it is usually not significant.
The data for the current year is listed below.
Estimated indirect or general costs for 2019: $ 860,000
Actual indirect costs incurred in 2019: $ 879,000
Total estimated hours of work at the beginning of 2019: 50,000
Total actual work hours incurred during 2019: 52,000
Required (use points to indicate decimal points).
1. Calculate the default indirect cost rate (use points to indicate decimal points).
$
per hour
2. Calculate the indirect costs assigned (applied) (use points to indicate decimal points and commas to separate thousands).
$
3. Indicate whether indirect costs were under-allocated or over-allocated. (Answer by typing SUB or ENVELOPE, in capital letters).
4. Indicate how much indirect costs were under-allocated or
over-allocated. . (use points to indicate decimal points).
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The Garriga printing | ||
Answer 1 | Amount $ | Note |
Estimated indirect or general costs for 2019 | 860,000.00 | A |
Total estimated hours of work at the beginning of 2019 | 50,000.00 | B |
The default indirect cost rate | 17.20 | C=A/B |
Answer 2 | Amount $ | Note |
Total actual work hours incurred during 2019 | 52,000.00 | D |
The default indirect cost rate | 17.20 | See C |
The indirect costs assigned (applied) | 894,400.00 | E=C*D |
Answer 3 | Amount $ | Note |
Actual indirect costs incurred in 2019 | 879,000.00 | F |
The indirect costs assigned (applied) | 894,400.00 | See E |
So indirect costs were over-allocated as costs applied is greater than costs incurred. | Because E is > F. | |
Answer 3 | Amount $ | Note |
The indirect costs assigned (applied) | 894,400.00 | See E |
Actual indirect costs incurred in 2019 | 879,000.00 | See F |
Indirect costs were over-allocated by | 15,400.00 | G=E-F |