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In December 2016, Custom Mfg. established its predetermined overhead rate for jobs produced during 2017 by using the following cost predictions: overhead costs, \(750,000, and direct materials costs, \)625,000. At year-end 2017, the company’s records show that actual overhead costs for the year are \(830,000. Actual direct materials cost had been assigned to jobs as follows.

Jobs completed and sold

\)513,750

Jobs in finished goods inventory

102,750

Jobs in work in process inventory

68,500

Total actual direct materials cost

$685,000


  1. Determine the predetermined overhead rate, using predicted direct materials costs, for 2017.

Short Answer

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The overhead rate is 120%

Step by step solution

01

Meaning of Predetermined overhead rate.

A predetermined overhead rate is often used to determine the indirect manufacturing costs associated with goods. Several reasons are behind the allocation of manufacturing overhead to products, including compliance with U.S. accounting principles and income tax regulations.

02

Determining the predetermined overhead rate.

Predetermined overhead rate

Estimated overhead costs

$750,000

Estimated direct labor costs

$625,000

Rate (Overhead/Direct labor)

120%

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Use information in Exercise 15-7 to prepare journal entries for the following events for the month of May.

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Write a half-page memo to your company’s chief financial officer outlining your concerns with overhead allocation.

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In December 2016, Pavelka Company’s manager estimated next year’s total direct labor cost assuming 50 persons working an average of 2,000 hours each at an average wage rate of \(15 per hour. The manager also estimated the following manufacturing overhead costs for 2017.

Indirect labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \)159,600

Factory supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,000

Rent on factory building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000

Factory utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,000

Factory insurance expired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,000

Depreciation—Factory equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,000

Repairs expense—Factory equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000

Factory supplies used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,400

Miscellaneous production costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000

Total estimated overhead costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(750,000

At the end of 2017, records show the company incurred \)725,000 of actual overhead costs. It completed and sold five jobs with the following direct labor costs: Job 625, \(354,000; Job 626, \)330,000; Job 627, \(175,000; Job 628, \)420,000; and Job 629, \(184,000. In addition, Job 630 is in process at the end of 2017 and had been charged \)10,000 for direct labor. No jobs were in process at the end of 2016. The company’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor cost.

Required

1. Determine the following.

a. Predetermined overhead rate for 2017.

b. Total overhead cost applied to each of the six jobs during 2017.

c. Over- or underapplied overhead at year-end 2017.

2. Assuming that any over- or underapplied overhead is not material, prepare the adjusting entry to allocate any over- or underapplied overhead to Cost of Goods Sold at the end of year 2017.

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