The Daniels Tool & Die Corporation Has Been in Existence

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Essay

The Daniels Tool & Die Corporation has been in existence for a little over three years;its sales have been increasing each year as it has built a reputation.The company manufactures dies to its customers' specifications;as a consequence,a job order cost system is employed.Factory overhead is applied to the jobs based on direct labor hours.Actual variable overhead is the same as applied variable overhead.Overapplied or underapplied overhead is treated as an adjustment to cost of goods sold.The company's income statements for the last two years are presented below.Daniels used the same predetermined overhead rate in applying overhead to production orders in both 2010 and 2011.The rate was based on the following estimates:

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