Overhead Practice Questions

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Show your work for the below problem.

EXERCISE 3-24 (Job-Order Costing Basics)


Rexford Company manufactures finger splints for kids who get tendonitis from playing video games. The firm had
the following inventories at the beginning and end of the month of January.

Finished goods
Work in process
Raw material

1-Jan
31-Jan
$162,500 $152,100
305,500 326,300
174,200 161,200

The following additional manufacturing data pertains to January operations.


Raw material purchased
Direct labor
Actual manufacturing overhead

$248,300
390,000
227,500

Rexford Company applies manufacturing overhead at the rate of 70 percent of direct labor-labor cost. Any overapplied
or underapplied manufacturing overhead is accumulated until the end of the year.
Compute the following amounts (show your work)
3. What is the company's prime cost for January?
4. What is the company's total manufacturing cost for January?
5. What are the costs of goods manufactured for January?
6. What is the cost of goods sold for January?

7. What is the balance in the manufacturing overhead account on January 31? Please indicate if this a debit or credit

EXERCISE 3-35 (Overapplied or Underapplied Overhead)


The following pertains to Paramus Metal Works for the year just ended.
Budgeted direct-labor cost: 77,000 hours at $17 per hour
Actual direct-labor cost: 79,000 hours at $18 per hour
Budgeted manufacturing overhead: $993,300
Actual manufacturing overhead:
Depreciation
225,000
Property taxes
19,000
Indirect labor
79,000
Supervisory salaries
210,000
Utilities
58,000
Insurance
32,000
Rental of space
295,000
Indirect material (see data below)
79,000

Indirect material:
Beginning inventory, January 1
Purchases during the year
Ending Inventory, December 31

46,000
95,000
62,000

Answer the questions below (show your work):


8. What is the firms predetermined overhead rate?
9. What is the overapplied or underapplied overhead for the year?

The firm had

. Any overapplied

e if this a debit or credit balance?

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