Question

Widmer Watercraft’s predetermined overhead rate for year 2015 is 200% of direct labor. Information on the company’s production activities during May 2015 follows.

a.	Purchased raw materials on credit, $220,000.
b.	Materials requisitions record use of the following materials for the month.

Job 136	$	49,000
Job 137		33,500
Job 138		19,600
Job 139		22,600
Job 140		7,000
Total direct materials		131,700
Indirect materials		21,500
Total materials used	$	153,200

c.	Paid $15,500 cash to a computer consultant to reprogram factory equipment.
d.	Time tickets record use of the following labor for the month. These wages were paid in cash.

Job 136	$	12,200
Job 137		10,600
Job 138		37,900
Job 139		39,400
Job 140		3,600
Total direct labor		103,700
Indirect labor		25,000
Total	$	128,700

e.	Applied overhead to Jobs 136, 138, and 139.
f.	Transferred Jobs 136, 138, and 139 to Finished Goods.
g.	Sold Jobs 136 and 138 on credit at a total price of $530,000.
h.	The company incurred the following overhead costs during the month (credit Prepaid Insurance for expired factory insurance).

Depreciation of factory building	$	68,000
Depreciation of factory equipment		38,000
Expired factory insurance		11,000
Accrued property taxes payable		37,000

i.	Applied overhead at month-end to the Work in Process Inventory account (Jobs 137 and 140) using the predetermined overhead rate of 200% of direct labor cost.
4.	Prepare a report showing the total cost of each job in process and prove that the sum of their costs equals the Work in Process Inventory account balance. Prepare similar reports for Finished Goods Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold.

     

Answer 1