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  1. Bekimen Inc., has a job-order costing system. The company uses predetermined overhead rates in applying manufacturing overhead cost to individual jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in Preparation Department is based on direct labour-hours, and the rate in Finishing Department is based on direct materials cost. At the beginning of the most recent year, the company's management made the following estimates for the year:

 

 

Preparation Department

Finishing Department

Machine-hours

140,000

38,000

Direct labour-hours

60,000

40,000

Direct materials cost

$390,000

$700,000

Direct labour cost

$520,000

$1,040,000

Manufacturing overhead cost

$840,000

$1,400,000


Job 123 entered into production on April 1 and was completed on May 12. The company's cost records show the following information about the job:

 

Preparation Department

Finishing Department

Machine-hours

500

120

Direct labour-hours

140

100

Direct materials cost

$1,680

$2,200

Direct labour cost

$1,220

$1,760


At the end of the year, the records of the company showed the following actual cost and operating data for all jobs worked on during the year:

 

Preparation Department

Finishing Department

Machine-hours

122,000

40,000

Direct labour-hours

56,000

92,000

Direct materials cost

$312,000

$648,000

Manufacturing overhead cost

$770,000

$1,320,000


Required:
a. Compute the predetermined overhead rates for Preparation Department and Finishing Department.
b. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 123.
c. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead in each department at the end of the current year. 

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