During the First Month of the Current Accounting Period,Southern California

question 37

Essay

During the first month of the current accounting period,Southern California Company experienced a devastating loss due to a fire.Many of the accounting records were lost and the company is now trying to recreate the lost information.Fragments of data found include the following:
1.A portion of the budget indicates that the overhead rate was $10 per direct labor hour.
2.Job 74 was in process and had incurred $9,600 of direct materials and $14,000 of direct labor (1,000 hours).The company has a single hourly wage rate.
3.During the month,4,500 direct labor hours were worked.
4.Actual overhead costs were $48,000.No indirect materials were used.
5.The Materials Inventory account had a beginning balance of $28,000 and an ending balance of $18,000.
6.The Finished Goods Inventory account had a beginning balance of $12,000 and an ending balance of $26,000.
7.The Work in Process Inventory account had a beginning balance of $17,000.
8.The Cost of Goods Sold is $171,000.
Calculate the following amounts:
a.Ending Work in Process Inventory account balance,Job No.74
b.Cost of goods completed
c.Amount of overhead under- or overapplied.
d.Direct materials used
e.Direct materials purchased

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