In December 2016, Learer Company's manager estimated next year's total direct labor cost assuming 50 persons working

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In December 2016, Learer Company's manager estimated next year's total direct labor cost assuming 50 persons working an average of 2,000 hours each at an average wage rate of $25 per hour. The manager also estimated the following manufacturing overhead costs for 2017.

Indirect labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 319,200

Factory supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,000

Rent on factory building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,000

Factory utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,000

Factory insurance expired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,000

Depreciation-Factory equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480,000

Repairs expense-Factory equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,000

Factory supplies used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,800

Miscellaneous production costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000

Total estimated overhead costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,000

At the end of 2017, records show the company incurred $1,520,000 of actual overhead costs. It completed and sold five jobs with the following direct labor costs: Job 201, $604,000; Job 202, $563,000; Job 203, $298,000; Job 204, $716,000; and Job 205, $314,000. In addition, Job 206 is in process at the end of 2017 and had been charged $17,000 for direct labor. No jobs were in process at the end of 2016. The company's predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor cost.

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1. Determine the following.

a. Predetermined overhead rate for 2017.

b. Total overhead cost applied to each of the six jobs during 2017.

c. Over- or underapplied overhead at year-end 2017.

2. Assuming that any over- or underapplied overhead is not material, prepare the adjusting entry to allocate any over- or underapplied overhead to Cost of Goods Sold at the end of 2017.

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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9781259726972

6th Edition

Authors: John Wild, Ken Shaw

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