Snappy Company Has a Job-Order Cost System and Uses a Predetermined

question 5

Multiple Choice

Snappy Company has a job-order cost system and uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct Labour-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. Manufacturing overhead cost and direct Labour-hours were estimated at £100,000 and 40,000 hours, respectively, for the year. In July, Job #334 was completed at a cost of £5,000 in direct materials and £2,400 in direct Labour. The Labour rate is £6 per hour. By the end of the year, Snappy had worked a total of 45,000 direct Labour-hours and had incurred £110,250 actual manufacturing overhead cost.
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If Job #334 contained 200 units, the unit cost on the completed job cost sheet would be:

• A)£37.00.
• B)£42.00.
• C)£41.90.
• D)£39.50.

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Definitions:

Contributed Capital

The amount of money that shareholders have invested in a company through the purchase of its stock.

Retained Earnings

The portion of net earnings not distributed as dividends but retained by the company to reinvest in its core business or to pay debt.

Stock Dividends

Dividends paid to shareholders in the form of additional shares of stock instead of cash.

Contributed Capital

The total value of the cash and other assets received by a company from its shareholders in exchange for stock, also known as paid-in capital.