Charles Wilson and Associates, a CPA firm, uses job order costing to capture the costs of its audit jobs. There were no audit jobs in process at the beginning of November. Listed below are data concerning the three audit jobs conducted during November.     Waters Inc.   Renolds Inc.   Bayfield Inc. Direct materials   $610   $480   $300 Auditor labor costs   $6,300   $7,600   $3,575 Auditor hours   76   90   48 Overhead costs are applied to jobs on the basis of auditor hours, and the predetermined overhead rate is $55 per auditor hour. The Waters job is the only incomplete job at the end of November. Actual overhead for the month was $13,900. (a) Determine the cost of each job.     Cost Waters   $   Renolds   $   Bayfield   $   (b) Indicate the balance of the Service Contracts in Process account at the end of November. Balance in service contracts in process account   $   (c) Calculate the ending balance of the Operating Overhead account for November. Balance in operating overhead account   $      DrCr

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Charles Wilson and Associates, a CPA firm, uses job order costing to capture the costs of its audit jobs. There were no audit jobs in process at the beginning of November. Listed below are data concerning the three audit jobs conducted during November.

   
Waters Inc.
 
Renolds Inc.
 
Bayfield Inc.
Direct materials   $610   $480   $300
Auditor labor costs   $6,300   $7,600   $3,575
Auditor hours   76   90   48

Overhead costs are applied to jobs on the basis of auditor hours, and the predetermined overhead rate is $55 per auditor hour. The Waters job is the only incomplete job at the end of November. Actual overhead for the month was $13,900.

(a) Determine the cost of each job.

    Cost
Waters   $
 
Renolds   $
 
Bayfield   $
 

(b) Indicate the balance of the Service Contracts in Process account at the end of November.

Balance in service contracts in process account   $
 

(c) Calculate the ending balance of the Operating Overhead account for November.

Balance in operating overhead account   $
 
 
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