Entry to dispose of the under-or overapplied overhead cost


Part 1. The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of Karmana Corporation for the just completed year. (This company puts all manufacturing overhead into work in process during the month.)

 Sales

 $950

 Raw materials inventory, beginning

 $10

 Raw materials inventory, ending

 $30

 Purchases of raw materials

 $120

 Direct labor

 $180

 Manufacturing overhead

 $230

 Administrative expenses

 $100

 Selling expenses

 $140

 Work in process inventory, beginning

 $70

 Work in process inventory, ending

 $40

 Finished goods inventory, beginning

 $100

 Finished goods inventory, ending

 $80

Use these data to answer the following series of questions.

A. The cost of the raw materials used in production during the year (in thousands of dollars) was: 

B. The cost of goods manufactured (finished) for the year (in thousands of dollars) was:

C. The cost of goods sold for the year (in thousands of dollars) was:

D. The net operating income for the year (in thousands of dollars) was:

Part 2: Lund Company applies manufacturing overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate of 75% of direct labor cost. Any under- or overapplied overhead cost is closed out to Cost of Goods Sold at the end of the month. During March, the following transactions were recorded by the company:

Raw materials (all direct materials):

 

 

 

 Purchased during the month

 $27,000

 

 Used in production

 $28,000

 

 

 

Labor:

 

 

 

 Direct labor hours worked during the month

 2,500

 

 Direct labor cost incurred

 $20,000

 

 Indirect labor cost incurred

 $5,500

 

 

 

 Manufacturing overhead costs incurred (total)

 $17,000

 

 

 

Inventories:

 

 

 

 Raw materials (all direct) March 31

 $7,500

 

 Work in process, March 1

 $10,500

 

 Work in process, March 31

 $14,000*


*contains $5,000 of direct labor cost   

A. The Cost of Goods Manufactured for March was:

B. Would the entry to dispose of the under- or overapplied overhead cost for the month increase or decrease net income?

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