Answer:
Hence, closing over overhead into Cost of Goods Sold would cause net income to increase by $ 1,700,000
Explanation:
Overheads are charged to units produced by the means of using an estimated overhead absorption rate. This rate is computed using budgeted overhead and budgeted activity level.
As a result of this, overhead charged to total units product might be over or under absorbed compared to the actual amount incurred.
Over applied overhead = Applied overhead - Actual overhead
= 42,000,000 - 40,300,00 = 1,700,000
Over applied overhead = $ 1,700,000
The adjustment required is to reduce the cost of gods sold by the amount of over-applied overhead because the cost of goods sold figure is would have over charged.
Hence, closing over overhead into Cost of Goods Sold would cause net income to increase by $ 1,700,000 because net income and cost of Goods Sold are inversely related.
