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Harwood Company uses a job-order costing system that applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours. The company's
predetermined overhead rate of $2.80 per machine-hour was based on a cost formula that estimates $249,200 of total manufacturing
overhead for an estimated activity level of 89,000 machine-hours.
Required:
Assume that during the year the company works only 84,000 machine-hours and incurs the following costs in the Manufacturing
Overhead and Work in Process accounts: Compute the amount of overhead cost that would be applied to Work in Process for the year
and make the entry in your T-accounts.
2A. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year and show the balance in your Manufacturing
Overhead T-account.
2B. Prepare a journal entry to close the company's underapplied or overapplied overhead to Cost of Goods Sold.
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Req 2A
Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year and show the balance in your Manufacturing
Overhead T-account from Req 1.
nderapplied
manufacturing overhead
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14,000
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