Job Costs Using a Plantwide Overhead Rate Perrin Company designs industrial prototypes for outside companies. Budgeted overhead for the year was $270,000, and budgeted direct labor hours were 18,000 . The average wage rate for direct labor is expected to be $30 per hour. During June, Perrin Company worked on four jobs. Data relating to these four jobs follow: Overhead is assigned as a percentage of direct labor cost. During June, Jobs 39 and 40 were completed; Job 39 was sold at 120 percent of cost. Job 40 is the only job in Finished Goods Inventory and will remain there until the customer accepts delivery and pays. Jobs 41 and 42 remain unfinished at the end of the month. Required: 1. Calculate the overhead rate based on direct labor cost. % of direct labor cost Feedback Check My Work Budgeted direct labor cost = average wage rate for direct labor x budgeted direct labor hours. Overhead rate = budgeted overhead costs budgeted direct labor cost. 3. What if the expected direct labor rate at the beginning of the year was $24 instead of $30 ? What would the overhead rate be? If required, round your overhead rate answer to one decimal place. New budgeted direct labor cost =$ New overhead rate =% of direct labor cost How would the cost of the jobs be affected? Feedback Check My Work Repeat Requirement 1 with the new amount(s). Explain how this would affect the cost of the jobs. 2. Set up a simple job-order cost sheet for all jobs in process during June. Perrin Company Job-Order Cost Sheets Feedback Check My Work Total job cost on job cost sheet = direct materials (DM)+ direct Labor (DL)+ Applied Overhead (OH). See Example 5.1