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Determine which of the following are most likely to be considered as a job and which as a job lot.

1. Hats imprinted with company logo 4. A 90-foot motor yacht

2. Little League trophies 5. Wedding dresses for a chain of stores

3. A handcrafted table 6. A custom-designed home

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1. Hats imprinted with company logo

Considered as a Job lot

2. Little league trophies

Considered as a Job lot

3. A handcrafted table

Considered as Job

4. A 90-foot motor yacht

Considered as a Job lot

5. Wedding dresses for a chain of stores

Considered as Job

6. A custom-designed home

Considered as Job

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01

Definition of Job Order Costing

The costing method the business entity applies when each of the products manufactured is different from each other is known as job order costing.

02

Classification among Job and Job lot

  1. Hats imprinted with the company logo, 90-foot motor yacht, and little league trophies will need to be considered a job lot because the caps will have the same specification, and each unit will be the same as the others.
  2. A handcrafted table, wedding dresses, and custom-designed home will need to be considered a job because each unit produced for these items will be different and cost a different amount to the company.

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Refer to the information in QS 15-9. During the month, the jobs used direct labor as shown below. Jobs 1 and 3 are not finished by the end of March, and Job 2 is finished but not sold by the end of March.

(1) Determine the amounts of direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead applied that would be reported on job cost sheets for each of the three jobs for March.

(2) Determine the total dollar amount of Work in Process Inventory at the end of March.

(3) Determine the total dollar amount of Finished Goods Inventory at the end of March. Assume the company has no beginning Work in Process or Finished Goods inventories.

Job 1

Job 2

Job 3

Direct labor used

\(9,000

\)4,000

$3,000

Question: In a job order costing system, what records serve as a subsidiary ledger for Work in Process Inventory? For Finished Goods Inventory?

Lorenzo Company uses a job order costing system that charges overhead to jobs on the basis of direct materials cost. At year-end, the Work in Process Inventory account shows the following

Work in Process Inventory

Acct. No. 121

Date

Explanation

Debit

Credit

Balance

2017

Dec. 31

Direct materials cost

1,500,000

1,500,000

31

Direct labor cost

300,000

1,800,000

31

Overhead applied

600,000

2,400,000

31

To finished goods

2,350,000

50,000

1. Determine the predetermined overhead rate used (based on direct materials cost).

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 @ โ€‚ 180 =โ€‚ 17,100

Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 units @ โ€‚ โ€‚ 75 = โ€‚ โ€‚ 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 โ€œFinished.โ€ Prepare a journal entry to record the jobโ€™s completion and its transfer to Finished Goods.

  1. Delivered Job 102 and accepted the customerโ€™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 jobโ€™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.

Google applies overhead to product costs. What account(s) is(are) used to eliminate overapplied or underapplied overhead from the Factory Overhead account, assuming the amount is not material?

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