Catalina Sails makes sails for small sailboats. It recently switched to activity
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Catalina Sails makes sails for small sailboats. It recently switched to activity-based costing from the department product costing method. The manager of Department Y, which manufactures the sails, has identified the following cost drivers and rates for overhead: Rate per Cost Driver Unit Activity Centers Materials handling Quality inspections Machine setups Running machines Cost Drivers Yards of material handled Number of inspections Number of machine setups Number of machine-hours S 3 per yard S 300 per inspection S2,400 per setup S 30 per hour Direct materials costs were $550,000 and direct labor costs were $275,000 during October, when Department Y handled 20,000 yards of materials, made 400 inspections, had 50 setups, and ran the machines for 10,000 hours. Required Use T-accounts to show the flow of materials, labor, and overhead costs from the four overhead activity centers through Work-in-Process Inventory and out to Finished Goods Inventory Materials Wages Payable Beg. bal Beg. bal End. bal. End. bal Overhead Applied: Materials Handling Overhead Applied: Quality Inspections Beg. bal. Beg. bal End. bal End. bal Overhead Applied: Machine Setups d Applied: Running Machines Beg. bal Beg. bal End. bal End. bal Work in Process (WIP) Inventory Fabrication Department Finished Goods Inventory Beg. bal Beg. balExplanation / Answer
Materials Inventory
Direct material costs
550000
Wages payable
Direct labour costs
275000
Overhead applied: Materials handling
Manufacturing overhead (20000 x3)
60000
Overhead applied: Quality inspections
Manufacturing overheads (400 x 300)
120000
Overhead applied: Machine set up
Manufacturing overheads (2400 x 50)
120000
Overhead applied: Running machine hours
Manufacturing overheads (10000 x 30)
300000
Work-in-process: Inventory fabrication department
Direct material costs
550000
Finished goods inventory
1425000
Direct labour costs
275000
Manufacturing overhead (20000 x3)
60000
Manufacturing overheads (400 x 300)
120000
Manufacturing overheads (2400 x 50)
120000
Manufacturing overheads (10000 x 30)
300000
1425000
1425000
Finished goods inventory
Work-in-process: Inventory fabrication department
1425000
Materials Inventory
Direct material costs
550000
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