Analyzing Costs in an Engineering Company

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Essay

Analyzing costs in an engineering company.On June 1,XEON Engineering,which oversees the
cleanup of asbestos condemned buildings,had two jobs in process with the following costs incurred to date:

In addition,overhead is applied to these jobs at the rate of 100 percent of direct labor costs.
As of June 1,XEON had incurred direct materials costs as shown in the table,mostly for laboratory testing materials.
During June,XEON completed both jobs and recorded them as Cost of Goods Sold.
The University A job required no more direct materials in June,but it did require $1,200 of direct labor to complete.The Muldoon Community Center Project job required $400 of direct materials and $2,000 of direct labor to complete.
XEON started a new job,Sea Breeze Elementary Project,during June and put $1,600 of direct labor costs into this job and $400 of direct materials.The Sea Breeze Project has not been completed as of the end of June.
Required: Provide the cost of direct materials,direct labor,and overhead (at 150 percent of direct labor cost)for the three jobs.

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