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Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginni

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Question

Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. It started only two jobs during March-Job P and Job Q. Job P was completed and sold by the end of the March and JobQ was incomplete at the end of the March. The company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs Pand Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March) Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour..... $10,000 $1.00 2,000 $12,500 Estimated total direct labor-hours to be worked Total actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred Job P $13,000 $21,000 Job Q Direct materials. Direct labor cost Actual direct labor-hours worked $8,000 $7,500 500 1,400

Explanation / Answer

(10) The Work in process A/c will appear as under:

                                  Work in Process A/c for the month of March

To Opening Balance                                 $   -

To Direct Material (13,000+8,000)                 21,000

To Direct Labour (21,000+7,500)                   28,500

To Variable Mfg OH (1$ * 1900 DL Hrs)             1,900

To Fixed Mfg OH absorbed ($ 5*1500 DL Hrs)   9,500

By Finished Goods A/c $ 42,400     

By Closing Balance    18,500

11) Schedule of Cost of Goo:

           Opening inventory of Finished Goods $    ----

           Add Cost of Goods manufactured                42,400

           Cost of Goods available for Sale                  42,400

           Less Ending Finished Goods inventory            ----__

           Unadjusted Cost of Goods Sold                  42,400

12)       Cost of Goods Sold A/c     Dr                    42,400

                   To Finished Goods Control A/c                          42,400

13) Amount of Under Applied or Over Applied

      Actual Direct Labour Hours                   1,900

      Predetermined Mfg OH rate

             Variable                                        $ 1/per direct labour hour

   Fixed $ 5/per direct labour hour

      Manufacturing OH applied                     $ 11,400 ( variable + fixed )

      Actual Manufacturing OH                      $ 12,500

      Mfg OH applied                                    $ 11,400

      Under Applied OH                               $   1,100

14) The journal entry would be:

      Cost of Goods Sold A/c Dr                        1,100

            To Manufacturing OH Control A/c                          1,100

15) Sales                $ 60,000

       Cost of Goods sold             43,500

       Gross Margin                     16,500

       Selling & Admn Exp           14,000

        Net Operating Income          2,500

                 

To Opening Balance                                 $   -

To Direct Material (13,000+8,000)                 21,000

To Direct Labour (21,000+7,500)                   28,500

To Variable Mfg OH (1$ * 1900 DL Hrs)             1,900

To Fixed Mfg OH absorbed ($ 5*1500 DL Hrs)   9,500

By Finished Goods A/c $ 42,400     

By Closing Balance    18,500

Total                                                         60,900     Total                             60,900