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An advertising agency used 65 hours of direct labor in creating advertising for a music festival. Direct labor costs \(50 per hour. The agency applies overhead at a rate of \)40 per direct labor hour. Prepare journal entries to record the agency’s direct labor and the applied overhead costs for this job.

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Both sides of the journal total$5,850.

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01

Definition of Direct Labor

The remuneration in the form of wages and salaries paid to employees directly engaged in some production activities refers to the direct labor costs.

02

Journal entries to record the direct labor and applied overhead cost

Date

Accounts and Explanation

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

1

Work-in-process inventory(65×$50)

3,250

Wages payable

3,250

2

Work-in-process inventory(65×$40)

2,600

Factory overhead

2,600

$5,850

$5,850

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Perez Mfg.’s August 31 inventory of raw materials is \(150,000. Raw materials purchases in September are \)400,000, and factory payroll cost in September is \(232,000. Overhead costs incurred in September are: indirect materials, \)30,000; indirect labor, \(14,000; factory rent, \)20,000; factory utilities, \(12,000; and factory equipment depreciation, \)30,000. The predetermined overhead rate is 50% of direct labor cost. Job 114 is sold for \(380,000 cash in September. Costs for the three jobs worked on in September follow.

Balances on August 31    

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \)  14,000 \(  18,000    

Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000 16,000    

Applied overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000 8,000

Costs during September    

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 170,000 \)  80,000    

Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000 68,000   120,000    

Applied overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? ? ?

Status on September 30 . . . . . . . . . . . Finished (sold) Finished (unsold) In process

Required

1. Determine the total of each production cost incurred for September (direct labor, direct materials, and applied overhead) and the total cost assigned to each job (including the balances from August 31).

2. Prepare journal entries for the month of September to record the following.

a. Materials purchases (on credit).

b. Direct materials used in production. c. Direct labor paid and assigned to Work in Process Inventory.

d. Indirect labor paid and assigned to Factory Overhead. e. Overhead costs applied to Work in Process Inventory.

f. Actual overhead costs incurred, including indirect materials. (Factory rent and utilities are paid in cash.)

g. Transfer of Jobs 114 and 115 to the Finished Goods Inventory. h. Cost of Job 114 in the Cost of Goods Sold account.

i. Revenue from the sale of Job 114.

j. Assignment of any underapplied or overapplied overhead to the Cost of Goods Sold account. (The amount is not material.)

3. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured.

4. Compute gross profit for September. Show how to present the inventories on the September 30 balance sheet. Analysis Component

5. The over- or underapplied overhead adjustment is closed to Cost of Goods Sold. Discuss how this adjustment impacts business decision making regarding individual jobs or batches of jobs.

In December 2016, Shire Computer’s management establishes the 2017 predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor cost. The information used in setting this rate includes estimates that the company will incur \(747,500 of overhead costs and \)575,000 of direct labor cost in year 2017. During March 2017, Shire began and completed Job 13-56.

1. What is the predetermined overhead rate for 2017?

2. Use the information on the following job cost sheet to determine the total cost of the job.

JOB COST SHEET

Customer’s Name Keiser Co Job No 13-56

Job Description 5 plasma monitors—61 inch

Overhead

Direct Materials Direct Labor Costs Applied

Date Requisition No. Amount Time-Ticket No Amount Rate Amount

Mar. 8 4-129 \(5,000 T-306 \)  700

Mar. 11 4-142 7,020 T-432 1,250

Mar. 18 4-167 3,330 T-456 1,250

Totals

How does the materials requisition help safeguard a company’s assets?

Sager Company manufactures variations of its product, a technopress, in response to custom orders from its customers. On May 1, the company had no inventories of work in process or finished goods but held the following raw materials.

Material M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 units @ \(250 = \)50,000

Material R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 units @   180 =  17,100

Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 units @     75 =     4,125

Total cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(71,225

On May 4, the company began working on two technopresses: Job 102 for Worldwide Company and Job 103 for Reuben Company

Required

Using Exhibit 15.3 as a guide, prepare job cost sheets for Jobs 102 and 103. Using Exhibit 15.5 as a guide, prepare materials ledger cards for Material M, Material R, and paint. Enter the beginning raw materials inventory dollar amounts for each of these materials on their respective ledger cards. Then, follow the instructions in this list of activities.

  1. Purchased raw materials on credit and recorded the following information from receiving reports and invoices.

Receiving Report No. 426, Material M, 250 units at \)250 each.

Receiving Report No. 427, Material R, 90 units at \(180 each.

Instructions: Record these purchases with a single journal entry. Enter the receiving report information on the materials ledger cards.

  1. Requisitioned the following raw materials for production.

Requisition No. 35, for Job 102, 135 units of Material M.

Requisition No. 36, for Job 102, 72 units of Material R.

Requisition No. 37, for Job 103, 70 units of Material M.

Requisition No. 38, for Job 103, 38 units of Material R.

Requisition No. 39, for 15 units of paint.

Instructions: Enter amounts for direct materials requisitions on the materials ledger cards and the job cost sheets. Enter the indirect materials amount on the materials ledger card. Do not record a journal entry at this time.

  1. Received the following employee time tickets for work in May

Time tickets Nos. 1 to 10 for direct labor on Job 102, \)90,000.

Time tickets Nos. 11 to 30 for direct labor on Job 103, \(65,000.

Time tickets Nos. 31 to 36 for equipment repairs, \)19,250.

Instructions: Record direct labor from the time tickets on the job cost sheets. Do not record a journal entry at this time.

  1. Paid cash for the following items during the month: factory payroll, \(174,250, and miscellaneous overhead items, \)102,000. Use the time tickets to record the total direct and indirect labor costs.

Instructions: Record these payments with journal entries.

  1. Finished Job 102 and transferred it to the warehouse. The company assigns overhead to each job with a predetermined overhead rate equal to 80% of direct labor cost.

Instructions: Enter the applied overhead on the cost sheet for Job 102, fill in the cost summary section of the cost sheet, and then mark the cost sheet “Finished.” Prepare a journal entry to record the job’s completion and its transfer to Finished Goods.

  1. Delivered Job 102 and accepted the customer’s promise to pay $400,000 within 30 days.

Instructions: Prepare journal entries to record the sale of Job 102 and the cost of goods sold.

  1. Applied overhead cost to Job 103 based on the job’s direct labor to date.

Instructions: Enter overhead on the job cost sheet but do not make a journal entry at this time.

  1. Recorded the total direct and indirect materials costs as reported on all the requisitions for the month.

Instructions: Prepare a journal entry to record these costs.

  1. Recorded the total overhead costs applied to jobs.

Instructions: Prepare a journal entry to record the allocation of these overhead costs.

j. Compute the balance in the Factory Overhead account as of the end of May.

Refer to the chapter opener regarding Neha Assar and her company, Neha Assar. All successful businesses track their costs, and it is especially important for start-up businesses to monitor and control costs.

Required

1. Assume that Neha Assar uses a job order costing system. For the basic cost category of direct materials, explain how Neha’s job cost sheet would differ from a job cost sheet for a manufacturing company.

2. For the basic cost categories of direct labor and overhead, provide examples of the types of costs that would fall into each category for Neha Assar.

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