Question 1 (20 marks) Gauteng Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Moulding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct labour cost. At the beginning of the year, the companys management made the following estimates: 6 PBA4807 MAY/JUNE 2019 PORTFOLIO EXAMINATION [TURN OVER] Department Moulding Painting Direct labour-hours 12,000 60,000 Machine-hours 70,000 8,000 Direct materials cost R510,000 R650,000 Direct labour cost 130,000 420,000 Manufacturing overhead cost 602,000 735,000 Job 205 was started on 1 August and completed on 10 August. The companys cost records show the following information concerning the job: Department Moulding Painting Direct labour-hours 30 85 Machine-hours 110 20 Materials placed into production R470 R332 Direct labour cost 290 680 Required A. Compute the predetermined overhead rate used during the year in the Moulding Department. Compute the rate used in the Painting Department. B. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205. C. What would be the total cost recorded for Job 205? If the job contained 50 units, what would be the cost per unit? D. At the end of the year, the records of Gauteng Potteryworks revealed the following actual cost and operating data for all jobs worked on during the year: Department Moulding Painting Direct labour-hours 10,000 62,000 Machine-hours 65,000 9,000 Direct materials cost R430,000 R680,000 Direct labour cost 108,000 436,000 Manufacturing overhead cost 570,000 750,000 7 PBA4807 MAY/JUNE 2019 PORTFOLIO EXAMINATION What was the amount of under- or overapplied overhead in each department at the end of the year?