SNC produces fire trucks. The company uses a normal job-order costing system to compute its cost of

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SNC produces fire trucks. The company uses a normal job-order costing system to compute its cost of goods manufactured. The company's policy is to price its job at cost plus 40% markup. On January 1, 2012 there was only one job in process with the following costs:
....................................Job A-1
Direct materials .................$ 3,500
Direct labour ....................$15,000
Applied overhead ..............$18,000
Total ..............................$36,500
The following balances were taken from the general ledger of the company as of January 1, 2012:
Direct materials inventory .............................................$35,000
Finished goods inventory (for Job D-1) ..............................$65,000
During the year 2012, the following events occurred:
Direct materials were purchased on account for ....................$275,000
Two more jobs were started: Job B-1 and Job C-1. Direct materials and direct labour costs incurred by each job in process during the year 2012 are as follows:
SNC produces fire trucks. The company uses a normal job-order

The company incurred the following actual factory overhead during the year:
Factory rent ......................................$120,000
Factory supplies .................................$ 45,500
Indirect labour ...................................$ 75,750
Jobs A-1 and B-1 were completed and Jobs D-1 and A-1 were sold.
Instructions
(a) Calculate the total applied overhead for the year 2012 if the factory overhead costs are applied to each job on the basis of direct labour dollars.
(b) Prepare simple job-order cost sheets for jobs A-1, B-1 and C-1 for the year ended December 31, 2012.
(c) Determine whether overhead is over-applied or under-applied. By how much?
(d) Prepare a schedule of Cost of Goods Sold, identifying both normal and adjusted cost of goods sold, for the year ended December 31, 2012.
(e) Compute the selling price of Job A-1.
(f) Compute the ending balances as of December 31, 2012, for the following accounts: direct materials and work-in-process.

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