Job Costs Using a Plantwide Overhead Rate Naranjo Company designs industrial prototypes for outside companies. Budgeted overhead for the year was $390,000, and budgeted direct labor hours were 26,000. The average wage rate for direct labor is expected to be $30 per hour. During June, Naranjo Company worked on four jobs. Data relating to these four jobs follow: Job 39 Job 40 Job 41 Job 42 3,800 Beginning balance $24,300 $32,500 $18,500 $1,500 Materials requisitioned 20,100 23,800 13,700 12,900 Direct labor cost 11,200 20,900 8,350 Overhead is assigned as a percentage of direct labor cost. During June, Jobs 39 and 40 were completed; Job 39 was sold at 115 percent of cost. (Naranjo had originally developed Job 40 to order for a customer; however, that customer was near bankruptcy and the chance of Naranjo being paid was growing dimmer. Naranjo decided to hold Job 40 in inventory while the customer worked out its financial difficulties. Job 40 is the only job in Finished Goods Inventory.) Jobs 41 and 42 remain unfinished at the end of the month. Required: 1. Calculate the overhead rate based on direct labor cost. 50 % of direct labor cost Feedback Charvy Wall Check My Work Next > All work saved Save and Exit Submit Assignment for Grading from Cengage Learning eBook 2. Set up a simple job-order cost sheet for all jobs in process during June. Naranjo Company Job-Order Cost Sheets Job 39 Job 40 Job 41 Job 42 Balance, June 1 Direct materials Direct labor Applied overhead Total Feedback Check My Work 3. What if the expected direct labor rate at the beginning of the year was $24 instead of $30? What would the overhead rate be? If required, round your overhead rate answer to one decimal place. New budgeted direct labor costs New overhead rate % of direct labor cost How would the cost of the jobs be affected? Applied overhead would increase Check My Work Next All work saved Save and Exit Submit Assignment for Grading