Exam 3: Systems Design: Job-Order Costing

Which of the following accounts is debited when indirect labor is recorded?

Wandrie Inc. has provided the following data for the month of October. There were no beginning inventories; consequently, the direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead applied listed below are all for the current month. Manufacturing overhead for the month was overapplied by $3,000. The company allocates any underapplied or overapplied overhead among work in process, finished goods, and cost of goods sold at the end of the month on the basis of the overhead applied during the month in those accounts. The cost of goods sold for October after allocation of any underapplied or overapplied overhead for the month is closest to:

Mcgarey Inc. has provided the following data for the month of November. There were no beginning inventories; consequently, the direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead applied listed below are all for the current month. Manufacturing overhead for the month was underapplied by $12,000. The company allocates any underapplied or overapplied overhead among work in process, finished goods, and cost of goods sold at the end of the month on the basis of the overhead applied during the month in those accounts. -The journal entry to record the allocation of any underapplied or overapplied overhead for November would include the following:

Smalling Inc. has provided the following data for the month of November: -The adjusted cost of goods sold that appears on the income statement for November is:

During May at Landreth Corporation, $81,000 of raw materials were requisitioned from the storeroom for use in production. These raw materials included both direct and indirect materials. The indirect materials totaled $7,000. The journal entry to record the requisition from the storeroom would include a:

The following data have been provided by a company: Compute the amount of direct materials used during November if $20,000 in raw materials were purchased during the month.

Cahin Corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. At the beginning of the most recent year, the company based its predetermined overhead rate on total estimated overhead of $21,060. Actual manufacturing overhead for the year amounted to $13,000 and actual machine-hours were 1,380. The company's predetermined overhead rate for the year was $16.20 per machine-hour. -The predetermined overhead rate was based on how many estimated machine-hours?

The most common accounting treatment of underapplied manufacturing overhead is to transfer it to the Manufacturing Overhead control account.

Granite Company uses a job-order costing system. The company applies manufacturing overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. Last year, manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours were estimated at $80,000 and 16,000 hours respectively, for the year. In June, Job #315 was completed. Materials costs on the job totaled $1,500 and labor costs totaled $2,400 at $6 per hour. At the end of the year, it was determined that the company worked 15,000 direct labor-hours for the year, and incurred $78,000 in actual manufacturing overhead costs. Required: a. Determine the predetermined overhead rate for the year. b. Determine the amount of overhead charged to jobs during the year. c. Determine the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year. d. Assuming that 100 units were completed, determine the unit cost that would appear on the job cost sheet for Job #315.

Cahin Corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. At the beginning of the most recent year, the company based its predetermined overhead rate on total estimated overhead of $21,060. Actual manufacturing overhead for the year amounted to $13,000 and actual machine-hours were 1,380. The company's predetermined overhead rate for the year was $16.20 per machine-hour. -The overhead for the year was:

Paul Company used a predetermined overhead rate during the year just completed of $3.50 per direct labor-hour, based on an estimate of 22,000 direct labor-hours to be worked during the year. Actual overhead cost and activity during the year were: The underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year would be:

Alake Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing. At the beginning of the year, the company's inventory balances were as follows: The company applies overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company estimated that it would work 36,000 machine-hours and incur $216,000 in manufacturing overhead cost. The following transactions were recorded for the year: a. Raw materials were purchased, $443,000. b. Raw materials were requisitioned for use in production, $450,000 ($435,000 direct and $15,000 indirect). c. The following employee costs were incurred: direct labor, $229,000; indirect labor, $54,000; and administrative salaries, $117,000. d. Selling costs, $119,000. e. Factory utility costs, $21,000. f. Depreciation for the year was $121,000 of which $114,000 is related to factory operations and $7,000 is related to selling, general, and administrative activities. g. Manufacturing overhead was applied to jobs. The actual level of activity for the year was 38,000 machine-hours. h. The cost of goods manufactured for the year was $910,000. i. Sales for the year totaled $1,173,000 and the costs on the job cost sheets of the goods that were sold totaled $895,000. j. The balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account was closed out to Cost of Goods Sold. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each of the items above (a. through j.). You can assume that all transactions with employees, customers, and suppliers were conducted in cash.

Hards Corporation had $38,000 of raw materials on hand on September 1. During the month, the company purchased an additional $54,000 of raw materials. The journal entry to record the purchase of raw materials would include a:

Ades Inc. has provided the following data for the month of July. There were no beginning inventories; consequently, the direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead applied listed below are all for the current month. Manufacturing overhead for the month was underapplied by $5,000. The company allocates any underapplied or overapplied overhead among work in process, finished goods, and cost of goods sold at the end of the month on the basis of the overhead applied during the month in those accounts. Required: Provide the journal entry that would record the allocation of underapplied or overapplied among work in process, finished goods, and cost of goods sold.

On April 1, Bachler Corporation had $37,000 of raw materials on hand. During the month, the company purchased an additional $75,000 of raw materials. During April, $88,000 of raw materials were requisitioned from the storeroom for use in production. These raw materials included both direct and indirect materials. The indirect materials totaled $6,000. -The journal entry to record the requisition from the storeroom would include a:

Maverick Company had the following transactions last year: -The total cost added to Work in Process during the year was:

Job-order costing would be more likely to be used than process costing in situations where many different products or services are produced each period to customer specifications.

Danoff Corporation has provided data concerning the company's Manufacturing Overhead account for the month of October. Prior to the closing of the overapplied or underapplied balance to Cost of Goods Sold, the total of the debits to the Manufacturing Overhead account was $68,000 and the total of the credits to the account was $77,000. Which of the following statements is true?

On July 1, Woolard Corporation had $20,000 of raw materials on hand. During the month, the company purchased an additional $53,000 of raw materials. During July, $49,000 of raw materials were requisitioned from the storeroom for use in production. These raw materials included both direct and indirect materials. The indirect materials totaled $5,000. Prepare journal entries to record these events. Use those journal entries to answer the following questions: -The credits to the Raw Materials account for the month of July total:

Cahin Corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. At the beginning of the most recent year, the company based its predetermined overhead rate on total estimated overhead of $21,060. Actual manufacturing overhead for the year amounted to $13,000 and actual machine-hours were 1,380. The company's predetermined overhead rate for the year was $16.20 per machine-hour. -The applied manufacturing overhead for the year was closest to: