Brightest Industries, a manufacturing company, utilizes job-order costing, and the company allocates overhead at a rate of 150% of direct labor costs. The following data pertains to three jobs regarding the WIP balance at the beginning of March, Direct Labor Costs added in March, and Direct Materials Costs added in March, respectively: Job Job #A WIP Balance at 3/1 ($) Direct Labor Costs ($) Direct Materials Costs ($) 600 Job #B 500 700 450 350 300 Job #C 400 250 200 What are the total manufacturing overhead costs for March?

K company production was working on Job 1 and Job 2 during the month. Of the $780 in direct materials. $375 in materials was requested for Job 1. Direct labor cost, including payroll taxes, are $23 per hour, and employees worked 18 hours on Job 1 and 29 hours on Job 2. Overhead is applied at the rate of $20 per direct labor hours. Prepare job order cost sheets for each job.

On August 1, Cairle Companys work-in-process inventory consisted of three jobs with the following costs: During August, four more jobs were started. Information on costs added to the seven jobs during the month is as follows: Before the end of August, Jobs 70, 72, 73, and 75 were completed. On August 31, Jobs 72 and 75 were sold. Required: 1. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor cost. 2. Calculate the ending balance for each job as of August 31. 3. Calculate the ending balance of Work in Process as of August 31. 4. Calculate the cost of goods sold for August. 5. Assuming that Cairle prices its jobs at cost plus 20 percent, calculate Cairles sales revenue for August.

Abbey Products Company is studying the results of applying factory overhead to production. The following data have been used: estimated factory overhead, 60,000; estimated materials costs, 50,000; estimated direct labor costs, 60,000; estimated direct labor hours, 10,000; estimated machine hours, 20,000; work in process at the beginning of the month, none. The actual factory overhead incurred for November was 80,000, and the production statistics on November 30 are as follows: Required: 1. Compute the predetermined rate, based on the following: a. Direct labor cost b. Direct labor hours c. Machine hours 2. Using each of the methods, compute the estimated total cost of each job at the end of the month. 3. Determine the under-or overapplied factory overhead, in total, at the end of the month under each of the methods. 4. Which method would you recommend? Why?

Cycle Specialists manufactures goods on a job order basis. During the month of June, three jobs were started in process. (There was no work in process at the beginning of the month.) Jobs Sprinters and Trekkers were completed and sold, on account, during the month (selling prices: Sprinters, 22,000; Trekkers, 27,000); Job Roadsters was still in process at the end of June. The following data came from the job cost sheets for each job. The factory overhead includes a total of 1,200 of indirect materials and 900 of indirect labor. Prepare journal entries to record the following: a. Materials used. b. Factory wages and salaries earned. c. Factory Overhead transferred to Work in Process d. Jobs completed. e. Jobs sold.

Schumacher Industries Inc. manufactures recreational vehicles. Schumacher Industries uses a job order cost system. The time tickets from June jobs are summarized as follows: Factory overhead is applied to jobs on the basis of a predetermined overhead rate of 23 per direct labor hour. The direct labor rate is 29 per hour. a. Journalize the entry to record the factory labor costs. b. Journalize the entry to apply factory overhead to production for June.

Collegiate Publishing Inc. began printing operations on March 1. Jobs 301 and 302 were completed during the month, and all costs applicable to them were recorded on the related cost sheets. Jobs 303 and 304 are still in process at the end of the month, and all applicable costs except factory overhead have been recorded on the related cost sheets. In addition to the materials and labor charged directly to the jobs, 4,500 of indirect materials and 8,200 of indirect labor were used during the month. The cost sheets for the four jobs entering production during the month are as follows, in summary form: Journalize the summary entry to record each of the following operations for March (one entry for each operation): a. Direct and indirect materials used. b. Direct and indirect labor used. c. Factory overhead applied to all four jobs (a single overhead rate is used based on direct labor cost). d. Completion of Jobs 301 and 302.

Applying factory overhead Bergan Company estimates that total factory overhead costs will be 620,000 for the year. Direct labor hours are estimated to be 80,000. For Bergan Company, (A) determine the predetermined factory overhead rate using direct labor hours as the activity base, (B) determine the amount of factory overhead applied to Jobs 200 and 305 in May using the data on direct labor hours from BE 16-2, and (C) prepare the journal entry to apply factory overhead to both jobs in May according to the predetermined overhead rate.

Baldwin Printing Company uses a job order cost system and applies overhead based on machine hours. A total of 150,000 machine hours have been budgeted for the year. During the year, an order for 1,000 units was completed and incurred the following: The accountant computed the inventory cost of this order to be 4.30 per unit. The annual budgeted overhead in dollars was: a. 577,500. b. 600,000. c. 645,000. d. 660,000.

Barnes Company uses a job order cost system. The following data summarize the operations related to production for October: a. Materials purchased on account, 315,500. b. Materials requisitioned, 290,100, of which 8,150 was for general factory use. c. Factory labor used, 489,500 of which 34,200 was indirect. d. Other costs incurred on account for factory overhead, 600,000; selling expenses, 150,000; and administrative expenses, 100,000. e. Prepaid expenses expired for factory overhead were 18,000; for selling expenses, 6,000; and for administrative expenses, 5,000. f. Depreciation of office building was 30,000; of office equipment, 7,500; and of factory equipment, 60,000. g. Factory overhead costs applied to jobs, 711,600. h. Jobs completed, 1,425,000. i. Cost of goods sold, 1,380,000. Instructions Journalize the entries to record the summarized operations.