Discussion Question _Job Costing I

The Harriott manufacturing company uses job order costing system. The company uses machine

hours to apply overhead cost to jobs. At the beginning of 2020, the company estimated that 31,400

machine hours would be worked and $5,024,000 overhead cost would be incurred during 2020.

The following activities took place in the work in process inventory during February:

WIP Inventory A/C

November 1 Bal. b/f

Direct Materials Used

$51,250

256,400

Other transactions incurred:

Indirect material issued to production was $40,360

Total manufacturing labour incurred in November was $368,000, 75% of this amount

represented direct labour.

Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred for November amounted to $340,490.

Two jobs were completed with total costs of $384,000 & $270,000 respectively. They were

sold on account at a margin of 33% on sales.

Required:

i) Compute Harriotts predetermined manufacturing overhead rate for 2020.

ii) State the journal entries necessary to record the above transactions in the general journal:

a) For direct materials used in November

b) For indirect material issued to production in November

c) For total manufacturing labour incurred in November

d) To assign manufacturing labour to the appropriate accounts

e) For other manufacturing overhead incurred

f) For manufacturing overhead applied to production for November, given that Harriott

manufacturing company worked 2,860 machine hours.

g) To move the completed jobs into finished goods inventory

h) To sell the two completed jobs on account

iii) Calculate the manufacturing overhead variance for Harriott and state the journal entries

necessary to dispose of the variance.

iv) What is balance on the Cost of Goods Sold account after the adjustment

v) Calculate the gross profit earned by Harriott on the jobs completed.

vi) Determine the balance in work in process inventory on November 30.