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Overhead Cost ABC Company manufactured 100,000 units in 2014 and reported the fo

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Overhead Cost

ABC Company manufactured 100,000 units in 2014 and reported the following actual costs

Sandpaper $ 32,000        

Leasing costs - plant                 $   384,000

Materials handling (specialist)        320,000        

Depreciation - equipment              224,000

Coolants & lubricants                       22,400        

Property taxes - equipment             32,000

Indirect manufacturing labor           275,200        

Fire insurance - equipment              16,000

Direct manufacturing labor (general)          ?        

Direct material purchases           3,136,000

Direct materials, 1/1/2014               384,000        

Direct materials, 12/31/2014         275,200

Finished goods, 1/1/2014                672,000        

Sales revenue                            12,800,000

Finished goods, 12/31/2014         1,280,000        

Sales commissions                         640,000

Work-in-process, 1/1/2014               96,000        

Sales salaries                                  576,000

Work-in-process, 12/31/2014           64,000       

Advertising costs 480,000

Administration costs                      800,000

Other Relevant Information

The company used normal costing system and allocated the indirect cost based on direct labor cost.

Each unit required 2 hours of direct labor, the rate per hour is $10.88.

All purchases were on credit.

All salaries were accrued.

Material handling cost were performed by specialist workers.

Leasing costs are considered operational.

Fire insurance are paid in a monthly basis.

All other disbursement were paid in cash.

The amounts are totally and belong for 1 year.

Predetermine tax rate.

Required:

Using the information above, prepare all the necessary Journal Entries to record the Indirect Manufactured Cost for 2014.

Compute the amount of under or overallocated manufacturing overhead.

Explanation / Answer

Journal entries are recorded as under:

Date Particulars l.F Amount ($) Amount ($) a. Raw Material inventory 31,36,000    Accounts Payable 31,36,000 (For raw material purchased on account) b. Work in Process 32,44,800    Raw material Inventory 32,44,800 (For raw material issued to production) (384,000+ 3136000-275,200) c. Work in Process 21,76,000 Manufacturing Overhead 2,75,200    Salaries and wages payable 24,51,200 (For labour cost incurred) 100,000*2*10.88 d. Manufacturing Overhead 7,36,000    Cash 18,000 (For sandpaper cost, leasing cost and material handling cost recorded) e. Sales salaries 5,76,000    Cash 5,76,000 (For accrued sales salaries) f. Advertising expense 4,80,000    Cash 4,80,000 (For advertising costs incurred) g. Administration Cost 8,00,000    Cash 8,00,000 (For administration costs incurred) h. Sales commissions 6,40,000    Cash 6,40,000 (For sales commissions incurred) i. Depreciation - equipment 224000 Coolants & lubricants 22400 Property taxes - equipment 32,000 Fire insurance - equipment 16,000    Cash 1,00,000 (For expenses recorded) j. Work in process 10,11,200 Manufacturing overhead 10,11,200 (For manufacturing overhead applied to production) k. Finished goods 64,64,000    Work in process 64,64,000 (For completed orders transferred to finished goods) l. Cost of goods sold 58,56,000    Finished goods 58,56,000 (For completed orders shipped) m. Accounts Receivable 128,00,000    Sales 128,00,000 (For goods sold on account)