Question

Beans Corporation uses a job-order costing system with a single plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The company based its predetermined overhead rate for the current year on total fixed manufacturing overhead cost of $162,000, variable manufacturing overhead of $2.80 per direct labor-hour, and 60,000 direct labor-hours. Recently, Job K818 was completed with the following characteristics: Number of units in the job 10 Total direct labor-hours 50 Direct materials $ 920 Direct labor cost $ 1,400 The total job cost for Job K818 is closest to:

Answer 1

Answer:

Total cost= $2,595

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead cost= $162,000

Variable manufacturing overhead of $2.80 per direct labor-hour

Estimated direct labor hours= 60,000

Job K818:

Number of units in the job 10

Total direct labor-hours 50

Direct materials $920

Direct labor cost $1,400

First, we need to calculate the predetermined overhead rate:

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= (162,000/60,000) + 2.8

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $5.5

Now, we can calculate the total cost for Job K818:

Total cost= direct material + direct labor + allocated overhead

Total cost= 920 + 1,400 + 5.5*50

Total cost= $2,595