Osborn Manufacturing uses a predetermined overhead rate of $19.50 per direct labor-hour. This predetermined rate was based on a cost formula that estimates $259,350 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 13,300 direct labor-hours. The company actually incurred $253,000 of manufacturing overhead and 12,800 direct labor-hours during the period. Required: 1. Determine the amount of underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead for the period. 2. Assume that the company's underapplied or overapplied overhead is closed to cost of Goods Sold. Would the journal entry to dispose of the underapplied or overapplied overhead increase or decrease the company's gross margin? By how much? 1. Manufacturing overhead 2. The gross margin would by by Imperial Jewelers manufactures and sells a gold bracelet for $403.00. The company's accounting system says that the unit product cost for this bracelet is $256.00 as shown below: Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Unit product cost $144 82 30 $256 The members of a wedding party have approached Imperial Jewelers about buying 14 of these gold bracelets for the discounted price of $363.00 each. The members of the wedding party would like special filigree applied to the bracelets that would require Imperial Jewelers to buy a special tool for $456 and that would increase the direct materials cost per bracelet by $5. The special tool would have no other use once the special order is completed. To analyze this special order opportunity, Imperial Jewelers has determined that most of its manufacturing overhead is fixed and unaffected by variations in how much jewelry is produced in any given period. However, $6.00 of the overhead is variable with respect to the number of bracelets produced. The company also believes that accepting this order would have no effect on its ability to produce and sell jewelry to other customers. Furthermore, the company could fulfill the wedding party's order using its existing manufacturing capacity. Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order from the wedding party? What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order from the wedding party