Following is information about consulting jobs for a company that is increasing in sales, but has not yet become profitable. The owner keeps financial records on yellow sticky notes stuck to the wall behind his desk. He has asked you to help him set up a costing system so that he can better understand his costs. The owner said that job 140 was completed, job 141 was started and completed, and job 142 was started this month. Professional labour hours for contracts in process consist of job 140 with 113 hours, job 141 with 244 hours, and job 142 with 132 hours. Professional labour was paid $24,450 for the month, and the professional employees are all paid the same rate per hour. Overhead is allocated using an estimated rate based on professional labour hours. The total cost for job 141 is $31,720. Actual overhead cost for the month was $50,367.

What is labour paid per hour?

Labour

$

per hour.

What is the estimated rate per labour hour used to allocate overhead?

Overhead rate

$

per hour.

What are the total costs (before adjusting for overapplied or underapplied overhead) for Jobs 141, 142, and 143?

		Total cost
Job 140		$
Job 141		$
Job 142		$

What are the amounts in cost of goods sold and work-in-process at the end of the month?

Cost of goods sold		$
Work-in-process		$

What amount of overhead was overapplied or underapplied this month?

Overhead

$

overappliedunderapplied

If this month is typical, what is a reasonable overhead rate?

Reasonable overhead rate

$

per hour