Job Costs Using a Plantwide Overhead Rate Naranjo Company designs industrial prototypes for outside companies. Budgeted overhead...

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Job Costs Using a Plantwide Overhead Rate

Naranjo Company designs industrial prototypes for outsidecompanies. Budgeted overhead for the year was $270,000, andbudgeted direct labor hours were 27,000. The average wage rate fordirect labor is expected to be $20 per hour. During June, NaranjoCompany worked on four jobs. Data relating to these four jobsfollow:

Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42
Beginning balance$22,700$32,200$19,600$200
Materials requisitioned18,50020,8009,50012,100
Direct labor cost9,60017,9004,1503,000

Overhead is assigned as a percentage of direct labor cost.During June, Jobs 39 and 40 were completed; Job 39 was sold at 115percent of cost. (Naranjo had originally developed Job 40 to orderfor a customer; however, that customer was near bankruptcy and thechance of Naranjo being paid was growing dimmer. Naranjo decided tohold Job 40 in inventory while the customer worked out itsfinancial difficulties. Job 40 is the only job in Finished GoodsInventory.) Jobs 41 and 42 remain unfinished at the end of themonth.

Required:

1. Calculate the balance in Work in Process asof June 30.

$

2. Calculate the balance in Finished Goods asof June 30.

$

3. Calculate the cost of goods sold forJune.

$

4. Calculate the price charged for Job 39.Round your answer to the nearest cent.

$

5. What if thecustomer for Job 40 was able to pay for the job by June 30? Whatwould happen to the balance in Finished Goods?

What would happen to the balance of Cost of Goods Sold?

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Plant wide overhead rate = 27,000X20/ 270,000 = 200% of direct labor cost

Question Job 39 Job 40 Job 41 Job 42 Answer
Beginning balance        22,700        32,200        19,600              200
Materials        18,500        20,800           9,500        12,100
Direct labor cost           9,600        17,900           4,150           3,000
Overhead applied        19,200        35,800           8,300           6,000
Total        70,000      106,700        41,550        21,300
1 Balance in WIP        41,550        21,300        62,850
2 Balance in Finished goods      106,700      106,700
3 Cost of goods sold        70,000        70,000
5 Balance in Finished goods 0                 -  
Balance in cost of goods sold        70,000      106,700      176,700

4

Price charge = 70,000 X 110% = $77000


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