LJE Ltd undertakes jobs for its clients who are billed when thejobs are completed.
| Job 101 | Job 102 | Job 103 |
Started | May 2019 | June 2019 | July 2019 |
Completed | June 2019 | June 2019 | August 2019 |
| | | |
Cost information: | | | |
| As at 31 May 2019 | | As at 31 July 2019 |
| K’000 | | K’000 |
Direct material | 10.0 | | 8.0 |
Direct labour (960 hrs @ K50 | 48.0 | | |
Direct labour 1040 @ K50) | | | 52.0 |
Production overhead | See below | See below | See below |
Additional information about the three jobs are as follows:
- Direct material is introduced into jobs at the start of thejobs. Thus, material for Job 101 was introduced in May 2019, forjobs 102 and 103 direct material was introduced in June 2019
- Material are bought in the month in which they are required andissued to jobs directly. Materials purchased in June 2019 costK23,000. (See table above for more insights about jobs 102 and103).
- Direct labour at 31 May 2019 and 30 June 2019 was just half ofthe total labour cost in the respective jobs
- The labour cost incurred in June was K160,000 (Note the directlabour for May and July 2019 for jobs 101 and 103)
- Overhead is absorbed into jobs on the basis of direct labourcost at the rate ofK0.5 per Kwacha in all the months
- Jobs 101 (cost K154,000) and Job 102 were completed in June2019. The cost of these completed jobs constituted cost of goodssold in June 2019 for LJE Ltd. Job 103 was still in progress at theend of July 2019.
- The overheads incurred in June 2019 wereK95,000
Required
For Job 101 calculate:
- The direct labour cost incurred in June 2019 and the totaldirect labour cost on the whole job.
- The overhead cost absorbed into the job on its completion inJune 2019
For Job 102 calculate:
- The direct material cost
- The direct labour cost
- The overhead absorbed into the job
For job 103 Calculate the overhead cost absorbed intothe job in July 2019 and the cost of work in progress as at 31July2019