Fisher Corporation Uses a Predetermined Overhead Rate Based on Direct

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Fisher Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor cost to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. The following information about Fisher Corporation's Work in Process inventory account has been provided for the month of May: During the month, Fisher Corporation's Work in Process inventory account was credited for $120,500, which represented the Cost of Goods Manufactured for the month. Only one job remained in process on May 31; this job had been charged with $9,600 of applied overhead cost. The amount of direct materials cost in the unfinished job would be:

• A) $10,600
• B) $16,700
• C) $12,800
• D) $23,400

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Contributed Surplus

An account on a company's balance sheet representing the excess amount investors pay over the par value of the company's shares.

Preferred Shares

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Book Values

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