Tomek Company uses a job costing system that applies factory overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours.
Question:
Tomek Company uses a job costing system that applies factory overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company’s factory overhead budget for 2010 included the following estimates:
Budgeted total factory overhead ........$568,000
Budgeted total direct labor-hours ....... 71,000
At the end of the year, the company shows these results:
Actual factory overhead ...........$582,250
Actual direct labor-hours ........... 71,500
The following amounts of the year’s applied factory overhead remained in the various manufacturing accounts:
Applied Factory Overhead
Work-in-process inventory ...........$139,000
Finished goods inventory ........... 216,840
Cost of goods sold ............. 200,160
Required
1. Compute the firm’s predetermined factory overhead rate for 2010.
2. Calculate the amount of overapplied or underapplied overhead.
3. Prepare a journal entry to transfer the underapplied or overapplied overhead to the Cost of Goods Sold account (do not use proration).
Step by Step Answer:
Cost management a strategic approach
ISBN: 978-0073526942
5th edition
Authors: Edward J. Blocher, David E. Stout, Gary Cokins