Question

Calfee Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. The company has supplied the following data for the just completed year: Beginning inventories: Raw materials $ 40,000 Work in process $ 19,000 Estimated total manufacturing overhead at the beginning of the year $595,000 Estimated direct labor-hours at the beginning of the year 35,000 direct labor-hours Results of operations: Raw materials purchased on account $ 423,000 Raw materials (all direct) requisitioned for use in production $ 420,000 Direct labor cost $ 641,000 Actual direct labor-hours 33,000 direct labor-hours Manufacturing overhead: Indirect labor cost $ 143,000 Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred $ 531,000 Cost of goods manufactured $1,441,000 The ending balance in the Work in Process inventory account is:

Answer 1

Answer:

$200,000

Explanation:

The computation of the ending balance in the work in process inventory account is shown below:

But before that determined the overhead rate per direct labor

Manufacturing OH estimated   $595,000  

Divide by DLH estimated 35000  

OH rate per DLH    $17  

Now

Beginning Inventory of WIP   $19,000  

Current manufacturing cost    

material                  $420,000  

Labour                   $641,000  

Manufacturing OH (33,000 × $17) $561000  

Total Manufacturing cost      $1,622,000  

Total cost of WIP       $1,641,000  

Less: Cost of goods manufactured $1,441,000  

Ending inventory of WIP        $200,000