Exam 19: Job Order Costing

CWN Company uses a job order costing system and last period incurred $80,000 of actual overhead and $100,000 of direct labor. CWN estimates that its overhead next period will be $75,000. It also expects to incur $100,000 of direct labor. If CWN bases applied overhead on direct labor cost, its predetermined overhead rate for the next period should be:

Large aircraft producers such as the Boeing Company normally use:

When a job is finished, its job cost sheet is completed and moved from the file of jobs in process to the file of finished jobs that are yet to be delivered to customers.

A materials requisition is a source document used by production managers to request materials for production and also used to assign materials costs to specific jobs or to overhead.

Explain why the Factory Overhead account for a company may have a difference between the amount debited and the amount credited, resulting in an end of period balance prior to adjustment.

When actual overhead cost exceeds the overhead applied, overhead is said to be overapplied.

_______________, or customized production, produces products in response to customer orders.

Adams Manufacturing allocates overhead to production on the basis of direct labor costs. At the beginning of the year, Adams estimated total overhead of $396,000; materials of $410,000 and direct labor of $220,000. During the year Adams incurred $418,000 in materials costs, $413,200 in overhead costs and $224,000 in direct labor costs. -Compute the amount of under- or overapplied overhead for the year.

A company's ending inventory of finished goods has a cost of $45,000 and consists of 750 units. If the overhead applicable to these goods is $8,400, and overhead is applied at the rate of 60% of direct labor, what is the cost of the direct materials used to produce these units?

The file of job cost sheets for completed but undelivered jobs equals the balance in the Work in Process Inventory account.

The B&T Company's production costs for May are: direct labor, $13,000; indirect labor, $6,500; direct materials, $15,000; property taxes on production facility, $800; factory heat, lights and power, $1,000; and insurance on plant and equipment, $200. B&T Company's factory overhead incurred for May is:

Omega Contractors manufactures each house to customer specifications. It most likely would use:

Cosi Company uses a job order costing system and allocates its overhead on the basis of direct labor costs. Cosi expects to incur $800,000 of overhead during the next period, and expects to use 50,000 labor hours at a cost of $10.00 per hour. What is Cosi Company's overhead application rate?

Andrew Industries purchased $165,000 of raw materials on account during the month of March. The beginning Raw Materials Inventory balance was $22,000, and the materials used to complete jobs during the month were $141,000 of direct materials and $13,000 of indirect materials. - What journal entry should Andrew use to account for direct materials used in March:

Job cost sheets are used to track all of the costs assigned to a job, including direct materials, direct labor, overhead, and all selling and administrative costs.

Minstrel Manufacturing uses a job order costing system. During one month, Minstrel purchased $198,000 of raw materials on credit; issued materials to production of $195,000 of which $30,000 were indirect. Minstrel incurred a factory payroll of $150,000, of which $40,000 was indirect labor. Minstrel uses a predetermined overhead application rate of 150% of direct labor cost. - If Minstrel incurred total overhead costs of $167,800 during the month, compute the amount of under- or overapplied overhead:

Only product costs are recorded on job cost sheets.

A company that produces products individually designed to meet the needs of a specific customer, would normally use a job order costing system.

Clemmens Company applies overhead based on direct labor cost. Estimated overhead and direct labor costs for the year were $112,500 and $125,000, respectively. During the year, actual overhead was $107,400 and actual direct labor cost was $120,000. The entry to close the over- or underapplied overhead at year-end, assuming an immaterial amount, would include:

Andrew Industries purchased $165,000 of raw materials on account during the month of March. The beginning Raw Materials Inventory balance was $22,000, and the materials used to complete jobs during the month were $141,000 of direct materials and $13,000 of indirect materials. - What amount will Andrew debit to Work in Process Inventory for the month of March?