PROBLEM

1. Prepare the necessary journal entries from the following information for Anderson Company, which
uses a perpetual inventory system.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

Purchased raw material on account, $56,700.

Requisitioned raw material for production as follows: direct material-80 percent of
purchases; indirect material-15 percent of purchases.
Direct labor wages of $33,100 are accrued as are indirect labor wages of $12,500.
Overhead incurred and paid for is $66,900.
Overhead is applied to production based on 110 percent of direct labor cost.
Goods costing $97,600 were completed during the period.
Goods costing $51,320 were sold on account for $77,600.

2. Richards Company employs a job order costing system. Only three jobs-Job #205, Job #206, and Job
#207-were worked on during January and February. Job #205 was completed February 10; the other
two jobs were still in production on February 28, the end of the company's operating year. Job cost
sheets on the three jobs follow:
Job #205

Job Cost Sheet

Job #206

January costs incurred:

Direct material
Direct labor
Manufacturing overhead

$16,500
13,000
20,800

$ 9,300
7,000
11,200

February costs incurred:

Direct materials
Direct labor
Manufacturing overhead

4,000
?

8,200
6,000
?

Job #207
$

21,300
10,000
?

The following additional information is available:

a.

Manufacturing overhead is assigned to jobs on the basis of direct labor cost.

b.

Balances in the inventory accounts at January 31 were as follows:

Raw Material
Work in Process
Finished Goods

$40,000
?
85,000

Required:
a. Prepare T-accounts for Raw Material, Work in Process Inventory, Finished Goods
Inventory, and Manufacturing Overhead Control. Enter the January 31 inventory
balances given previously; in the case of Work in Process Inventory, compute the
January 31 balance and enter it into the Work in Process Inventory T-account.
b.
1.

Prepare journal entries for February as follows:

Prepare an entry to record the issue of materials into production and post the entry to
appropriate T-accounts. (In the case of direct material, it is not necessary to make a separate
entry for each job.) Indirect materials used during February totaled $4,000.

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2.

Prepare an entry to record the incurrence of labor cost and post the entry to appropriate Taccounts. (In the case of direct labor, it is not necessary to make a separate entry for each job.)
Indirect labor cost totaled $8,000 for February.

3.

Prepare an entry to record the incurrence of $19,000 in various actual manufacturing overhead
costs for February (credit Accounts Payable).

c.

What apparent predetermined overhead rate does the company use to assign overhead cost to
jobs? Using this rate, prepare a journal entry to record the application of overhead cost to jobs
for February (it is not necessary to make a separate entry for each job). Post this entry to
appropriate T-accounts.

d.

As stated earlier, Job #205 was completed during February. Prepare a journal entry to
show the transfer of this job off of the production line and into the finished good
warehouse. Post the entry to appropriate T-accounts.

e.

Determine the balance at February 28 in the Work in Process inventory account.

How much of this balance consists of the cost of Job #206? Job #207?

3. The Pittman Company manufactures special purpose machines to order. On January 1, there were two
jobs in process, #705 and #706. The following costs were applied to these jobs in the prior year:
Job No.
Direct material
Direct labor
Overhead
Total

705

706

$ 5,000
4,000
4,400
$13,400

$ 8,000
3,000
3,300
$14,300

During January, the following transactions took place:

*
*

Raw material costing $40,000 was purchased on account.

Jobs #707, #708, and #709 were started and the following costs were applied to
them:

Direct materials
Direct labor
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

707

JOB
708

709

$3,000
5,000

$10,000
6,000

$7,000
4,000

Job #705 and Job #706 were completed after incurring additional direct labor costs
of $2,000 and $4,000, respectively
Wages paid to production employees during January totaled $25,000.
Depreciation for the month of January totaled $10,000.
Utilities bills in the amount of $10,000 were paid for operations during December.
Utilities bills totaling $12,000 were received for January operations.
Supplies costing $2,000 were used.
Miscellaneous overhead expenses totaled $24,000 for January.

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Actual overhead is applied to individual jobs at the end of each month using a rate based on actual
direct labor costs.
Required:
a.

Determine the January overhead rate.

b.

Determine the cost of each job.

c.

Prepare a statement of cost of goods manufactured.

4. The Western Corporation, began operations on October 1. It employs a job order costing system.
Overhead is charged at a normal rate of $2.50 per direct labor hour. The actual operations for the
month of October are summarized as follows:
a.

Purchases of raw material, 25,000 pieces @ $1.20/piece.

b.

Material and labor costs charged to production:

c.

Job No.

Units

Material

Direct
labor cost

101
102
103
104
105

10,000
8,800
16,000
8,000
20,000

$4,000
3,600
7,000
3,200
8,000

$6,000
5,400
9,000
4,800
3,600

Direct
labor hours
3,000
2,700
4,500
2,400
1,800

Actual overhead costs incurred:

Variable
Fixed

$18,500
15,000

d.

Completed jobs: 101, 102, 103, and 104

e.

Sales-$105,000. All units produced on Jobs 101, 102, and 103 were sold.

Required: Compute the following balances on October 31:

a.

Material inventory

b.

Work in process inventory

c.

Finished goods inventory

d.

Cost of goods sold

e.

Under- or overapplied overhead

Steel Company.
Steel Company uses a job order costing system and develops its predetermined overhead rate based on
machine hours. The company has two jobs in process at the end of the cycle, Jobs #177 and #179.
Budgeted overhead

$100,300

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Budgeted machine hours

Raw material
Labor cost

85,000
$ 63,000
$ 50,000

5. Refer to Steel Company. What amount of overhead is charged to Jobs #177 and #179? Machine hours
are split between Jobs #177 and #179-65 percent and 35 percent, respectively. Actual machine hours
equal budgeted machine hours.
6. Refer to Steel Company. Fifty-four percent of raw material belongs to Job 17 and 38 percent belongs
to Job 179, and the balance is considered indirect material. What amount of raw material used was
allocated to overhead as indirect material?
7. Refer to Steel Co. Labor cost was split 25 percent and 70 percent, respectively, between Jobs #177 and
#179 for direct labor. The remainder was indirect labor cost. What are the total costs of Jobs #177 and
#179?
8. Sanderson Company manufactures custom-built conveyor systems for factory and commercial
operations. Erin Smith is the cost accountant for Sanderson and she is in the process of educating a
new employee, Heather Fontenot about the job order costing system that Sanderson uses. (The system
is based on normal costs; overhead is applied based on direct labor cost and rounded to the next whole
dollar.) Lisa gathers the following job order cost records for July:
Job No.

Direct
Materials

Direct
Labor

Applied OH

Total
Cost

667
669
670
671
672

$ 5,901
18,312
406
51,405
9,615

$1,730
1,810
500
9,500
550

$ 1,990
2,082
575
10,925
633

$ 9,621
22,204
1,481
71,830
10,798

To explain the missing job number, Erin informed Heather that Job #668 had been completed in June.
She also told her that Job #667 was the only job in process at the beginning of July. At that time, the
job had been assigned $4,300 for direct material and $900 for direct labor. At the end of July, Job #671
had not been completed; all others had. Erin asked Heather several questions to determine whether she
understood the job order system.
Required: Help Heather answer the following questions:
a.

What is the predetermined overhead rate used by ABC Company?

b.

What was the total cost of beginning Work in Process inventory?

c.

What was total prime cost incurred for the month of July?

d.

What was cost of goods manufactured for July?

9. Perry Company uses a job order costing system and has the following information for the first week of
June:
1.

Direct labor and direct materials used:

Job No.

Direct Material

Direct Labor Hours

498
506

$1,500
960

116
16

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507
508
509
511
512
Total

415
345
652
308
835
$5,015

18
42
24
10
30
256

2.

The direct labor wage rate is $4 per hour.

3.

The overhead rate is $5 per direct labor hour.

4.

Actual overhead costs for the week, $1,480.

5.

Jobs completed: Nos. 498, 506, and 509.

6.

The factory had no work in process at the beginning of the week.

Required:
a. Prepare a summary that will show the total cost assigned to each job.
b.

Compute the amount of overhead over- or underapplied during the week.

c.

Calculate the cost of the work in process at the end of the week.

10. You are asked to bring the following incomplete accounts of Andrepont Printing, Inc. up to date
through January 31,20X5. Consider the data that appear in the T-accounts as well as additional
information given in items (a) through (i).
Andreponts job order costing system has two direct cost categories (direct material and direct
manufacturing labor) and one indirect cost pool (manufacturing overhead, which is allocated using
direct manufacturing labor costs).
Materials Inventory Control
12/31/20X4
Balance 15,000

Wages Payable Control

1/31/20X5
Balance 3,000
Manufacturing Department
Overhead Control
January 20X5
Charges 57,000

Work in Process Inventory Control

Manufacturing Overhead Control

Finished Goods Inventory Control

12/31/20X4
Balance 20,000

Cost of Goods Sold

Additional Information:

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a.

b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.

Manufacturing department overhead is allocated using a budgeted rate set every

December. Management forecasts next year's overhead and next year's direct
manufacturing labor costs. The budget for 20X5 is $400,000 of direct manufacturing
labor and $600,000 of manufacturing overhead.
The only job unfinished on January 31, 20X5 is No. 419, on which direct
manufacturing labor costs are $2,000 (125 direct manufacturing labor hours) and
direct material costs are $8,000.
Total material placed into production during January is $90,000.
Cost of goods completed during January is $180,000.
Material inventory as of January 31, 20X5 is $20,000.
Finished goods inventory as of January 31, 20X5 is $15,000.
All plant workers earn the same wage rate. Direct manufacturing labor hours for
January totals 2,500. Other labor and supervision totals $10,000.
The gross plant payroll on January paydays totals $52,000. Ignore withholdings. All
personnel are paid on a weekly basis.
All "actual" manufacturing department overhead incurred during January has already
been posted.

Required:
a. Material purchased during January
b. Cost of Goods Sold during January
c. Direct Manufacturing Labor Costs incurred during January
d. Manufacturing Overhead Allocated during January
e. Balance, Wages Payable Control, December 31, 20X4
f. Balance, Work in Process Inventory Control, January 31, 20X5
g. Balance, Work in Process Inventory Control, December 31, 20X4
h. Balance, Finished Goods Inventory Control, January 31, 20X5
i. Manufacturing Overhead underapplied or overapplied for January

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