Innovative Products Ltd uses a job order costing system to control costs in its two production departments.

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Innovative Products Ltd uses a job order costing system to control costs in its two production departments. Factory overhead is applied on the basis of machine hours in the Construction Department and on the basis of direct labour cost in the Finishing Department. The company prepared the following estimates for its production.



Construction Department


Finishing Department

Machine hours

Direct labour cost

Direct labour hours

Factory overhead

13 600

$480 000

26 000

$816 000


14 250

$760 000

48 000

$1 140 000


The accounting records for Job 431 reveal the following:



Construction Department


Finishing Department

Machine hours

Direct labour cost

Direct labour hours

Raw materials

80

$3 280

180

$2 600


100

$3 600

200

$2 840


Required

A. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate for each department.

B. Calculate the total cost of Job 431.

C. If the actual direct labour cost in the Finishing Department was $751600 and the actual  factory overhead was $1120000, was the overhead overapplied or underapplied?

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Accounting

ISBN: 978-1118608227

9th edition

Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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