A Manufacturing Company Employs Job Costing to Account for Its
Question 114
Question 114
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A manufacturing company employs job costing to account for its costs.There are three production departments,and separate departmental overhead application rates are employed because the operations of the departments are so different.All jobs generally pass through all three production departments.Data regarding the hourly direct labor rates,overhead application rates,and three jobs on which work was done during the month appear below.Job 101 and Job 102 were completed during the current month.(CIA Examination adapted) Production Departments Department 1 Department 2 Department 3 Direct Labor Rate $12.00$18.00$15.00 Manufacturing orechead application rates 50% of direct materials $8.00 per machine hour 75% of direct labor cost Beginning Work-ir-Process Direct materials: Department 1 Department 2 Department 3 Direct labor hours: Department 1 Department 2 Department 3 Machine hours: Department 1 Department 2 Department 3 Job 101 $25,500$40,000$3,000$−0−5002001,500−0−1,2001,500 Job 102 $32,400$26,000$5,000$−0−4002501,800−0−1,5001,800 Job 103 $−0−$58,000$14,000$−0−3003502,500−0−2,7002,500 Required: (a)Compute the completed costs of Job 101 and Job 102.(b)Compute the value of the Work-in-Process Inventory at the end of the month.
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(a)Job 101: $147,075;Job 102: $144,950 ...
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