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Saturday, 25 February 2017

Widmer Watercraft’s predetermined overhead rate for year 2015 is 200% of direct labor

Widmer Watercraft’s predetermined overhead rate for year 2015 is 200% of direct labor. Information on the company’s production activities during May 2015 follows.

a.Purchased raw materials on credit, $200,000.
b.Materials requisitions record use of the following materials for the month.

     
  Job 136$48,500 
  Job 137 33,000 
  Job 138 19,600 
  Job 139 22,600 
  Job 140 7,200 
  

 
  Total direct materials 130,900 
  Indirect materials 21,000 
  

 
  Total materials used$151,900 
  



 


c.Paid $16,000 cash to a computer consultant to reprogram factory equipment.
d.Time tickets record use of the following labor for the month. These wages were paid in cash.

     
  Job 136$12,200 
  Job 137 10,600 
  Job 138 37,900 
  Job 139 39,000 
  Job 140 4,000 
  

 
  Total direct labor 103,700 
  Indirect labor 25,000 
  

 
  Total$128,700 
  



 


 e.Applied overhead to Jobs 136, 138, and 139.
 f.Transferred Jobs 136, 138, and 139 to Finished Goods.
 g.Sold Jobs 136 and 138 on credit at a total price of $535,000.
h.The company incurred the following overhead costs during the month (credit Prepaid Insurance for
expired factory insurance).

     
  Depreciation of factory building$68,500 
  Depreciation of factory equipment 36,500 
  Expired factory insurance 11,000 
  Accrued property taxes payable 36,000 


 i.
Applied overhead at month-end to the Work in Process Inventory account (Jobs 137 and 140) using the predetermined overhead rate of 200% of direct labor cost.

Required:
1.
Prepare a job cost sheet for each job worked on during the month.

2.
Prepare journal entries to record the events and transactions a through i.

Explanation:

In December 2014, Shire Computer’s management establishes the 2015 predetermined overhead rate

In December 2014, Shire Computer’s management establishes the 2015 predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor cost. The information used in setting this rate includes estimates that the company will incur $888,000 of overhead costs and $600,000 of direct labor cost in year 2015. During March 2015, Shire began and completed Job No. 13-56.
 
 
1.What is the predetermined overhead rate for year 2015?


  
2.
Compute the job cost sheet. (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Explanation: