ACCT 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Subledger, Cost Driver, System 6
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I need to Prepare entries for a job order, cost system, and cost of goods manufactured schedule, but my numbers aren't matching up. Please answer both parts of the question.
Case Inc. is a construction company specializing in custom patios. The patios are constructed of concrete, brick, fiberglass, and lumber, depending upon customer preference. On June 1, 2017, the general ledger for Case Inc. contains the following data.
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CompuFurn, Inc. manufactures furniture for computer workstations. CompuFurn uses a job-order costing system and employs absorption costing. ComuFurn’s work-in-process inventory on November 30 consisted of the following jobs:
JOB NUMBER | DESCRIPTION | UNIT | ACCUMULATED COSTS |
CC723 | Computer Caddy | 20,000 | $900,000 |
CH291 | Chair | 15,000 | $431,000 |
PS812 | Printer Stand | 25,000 | $250,000 |
Total | $1,581,000 |
On November 30, the company’s finished-goods inventory, which is evaluated using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method, consisted of four items:
ITEM | QUANTITY & UNIT COSTS | ACCUMULATED COSTS | ||||||||
| 7,500 units @ $64 | $480,000 | ||||||||
| 19,400 units @ $35 each | $679,000 | ||||||||
Printer Stand | 21,000 units @ $55 each | $1,155,000 | ||||||||
Desk | 11,200 units @ $102 each | $1,142,400 | ||||||||
Total | $3,456,400 |
At the end of November, the balance in CompuFurn’s Materials Inventory account, which includes both raw materials and purchased parts, was $668,000. Additions to and requisitions from the materials inventory during the month of December included the following:
ADDITIONS | RAW MATERIALS | PURCHASED PARTS |
Purchases | $242,000 | $396,000 |
Requisitions: | ||
Job CC723 | $51,000 | $104,000 |
Job CH291 | $3,000 | $10,800 |
Job PS812 | $124,000 | $87,000 |
Job DS444 (5,000 desks) | $65,000 | 187,000 |
CompuFurn applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine hours. The company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the year totaled $4,500,000. The company planned to use 900,000 machine hours during this period, which is the firm’s estimated practical capacity. Through the first 11 months of the year, a total of 830,000 machine hours were used, and actual manufacturing overhead amounted to $4,140,000.
During the month of December, machine hours and labor hours consisted of the following:
ACCOUNT | MACHINE HOURS | LABOR HOURS | COST |
CC723 | 12,000 | 11,600 | $122,400 |
CH291 | 4.400 | 3,600 | $43,200 |
PS812 | 19,500 | 14,300 | $200,500 |
DS444 | 14,000 | 12,500 | $138,000 |
Indirect Labor | --- | 3,000 | $29,400 |
Supervision | --- | --- | $57,600 |
Total | 49,900 | 45,000 | $591,100 |
The jobs completed in December and the unit sales for that month are as follows:
JOB NO. | PRODUCTION ITEMS | QUANTITY COMPLETED | ITEM | QUANTITY SHIPPED |
CC723 | Computer Caddy | 20,000 | Computer Caddy | 17,500 |
CH291 | Chair | 15,000 | Chair | 21,000 |
DS444 | Desks | 5,000 | Printer Stand | 18,000 |
Desks | 6,000 |
REQUIRED:
1. Describe when it is appropriate for a company to use a job-order costing system.
2. Calculate the balance in CompuFurn, Inc.’s Work-in-Process Inventory account as of December 31.
3. Calculate the cost of the chairs in CompuFurn, Inc.’s finished-goods Inventory as of December 31.
4. Actual manufacturing overhead incurred in December amounted to $252,000. Calculate CompuFurn’s overapplied or underapplied overhead for the year.
5. Explain two alternative accounting treatments for overapplied or underapplied overhead balances when using a job-order costing system.