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GoFood Custom Trailers, Inc. customizes trailers for food vendors. As of the beginning of January the company had three jobs already in progress (jobs A,

GoFood Custom Trailers, Inc. customizes trailers for food vendors. As of the beginning of January the company had three jobs already in progress (jobs A, B, and C). Below are the costs incurred to date on each of these jobs:

Jobs in Process

Costs incurred to date

Job A

$33,000

Job B

$22,000

Job C

$4,000

TOTAL Work in Process

$59,000

During the month of January the company started five more jobs (jobs D, E, F, G and H). Below is a summary of the direct materials used for all eight jobs and the direct labor hours incurred on each job during the month of January:

Jobs Worked in January

Direct Materials Used

Direct Labor hours incurred

Job A

$0

35

Job B

$5,500

90

Job C

$14,000

75

Job D

$9,500

120

Job E

$11,200

70

Job F

$19,000

45

Job G

$16,600

58

Job H

$12,700

65

TOTALS

$88,500

558

The company pays an average labor rate of $25.00 per hour. The company also applies manufacturing overhead to each job based on direct labor hours. The application rate is adjusted each month based on total expected overhead costs and total expected direct labor hours. The company estimates its total overhead costs in January to be $85,600 and expects to incur 500 total direct labor hours.

As of January 1 the company had a balance of in raw materials inventory of $10,000. During the month the company purchased $100,000 in raw materials. As stated above, the company started the month of January with a $59,000 balance in work-in-process inventory. The finished goods inventory as of January 1 was zero. During the month of January, the company incurred the following actual overhead costs:

Actual Overhead Costs

Office Supplies

$9,500

Indirect Materials

$10,300

Indirect Labor

$24,000

Factory Cleaning

$8,000

Depreciation

$17,000

Utilities

$6,700

Rent

$12,000

$87,500

During January, the company completed jobs A, B, C, E, and G. Further, jobs A, C, and E were sold during the month.

REQUIRED:

  1. Determine the cumulative total manufacturing costs incurred to date for each of the eight jobs.
  2. What were the total current manufacturing costs incurred in January for the company?
  3. For the month of January, what is the cost of goods manufactured?
  4. For the month of January, what is the cost of goods sold?
  5. As of January 31, determine the ending balance of the raw materials inventory.
  6. As of January 31, determine the ending balance of the work-in-process inventory.
  7. As of January 31, determine the ending balance of the finished goods inventory.
  8. Determine how much, if any, the manufacturing overhead account is over/under applied as of January 31.

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