Little Things manufactures toys. For each item listed, identify whether it is a product cost, a period cost, or not an expense.
- internet provider services
- material expense
- raw materials inventory
- production equipment rental
- showroom rental
- factory employee salary
- Human Resource Director salary
- For each item listed, state whether the cost should be applied to manufacturing or sales and administration.
- If the cost is a manufacturing cost, state whether it is direct materials, direct labor, or manufacturing overhead.
- If the cost is a manufacturing overhead cost, state whether it is indirect materials, indirect labor, or another type of manufacturing overhead.
Table 4.E.1: Expenses Involved in Lacrosse Stick Production Lacrosse Stick Production Costs | Manufacturing or Sales & Administration Cost? | If Manufacturing: Direct Materials, Direct Labor, or Overhead? | If Overhead: Indirect Materials, Indirect Labor, or Other? |
Carbon, fiberglass |
Administrative building rent |
Accountant salary |
Factory building depreciation |
Strings for the pocket |
Advertising |
Production supervisor salary |
Paint for sticks |
Research and development costs |
Wages of person who strings the sticks |
Cutting machine depreciation |
Human resources salaries |
Factory maintenance |
- Burnham Industries incurs these costs for the month:

- What is the prime cost?
- What is the conversion cost?
- Marzoni’s records show raw materials inventory had a beginning balance of \(\$200\) and an ending balance of \(\$300\). If the cost of materials used during the month was $900, what were the purchases made during the month?
- Sterling’s records show the work in process inventory had a beginning balance of \(\$4,000\) and an ending balance of \(\$3,000\). How much direct labor was incurred if the records also show:

- Logo Gear purchased \(\$2,250\) worth of merchandise during the month, and its monthly income statement shows cost of goods sold of \(\$2,000\). What was the beginning inventory if the ending inventory was \(\$1,000\)?
- A company estimates its manufacturing overhead will be \(\$750,000\) for the next year. What is the predetermined overhead rate given the following independent allocation bases?
- Budgeted direct labor hours: \(60,000\)
- Budgeted direct labor expense: \(\$1,500,000\)
- Estimated machine hours: \(100,000\)
- Job order cost sheets show the following costs assigned to each job:
The company assigns overhead at \(\$1.25\) for each direct labor dollar spent. What is the total cost for each of the jobs?

- A new company started production. Job 10 was completed, and Job 20 remains in production. Here is the information from job cost sheets from their first and only jobs so far:
Using the information provided,
- What is the balance in work in process?
- What is the balance in the finished goods inventory?
- If manufacturing overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours, what is the predetermined overhead rate?
- K company production was working on Job 1 and Job 2 during the month. Of the \(\$780\) in direct materials, \(\$375\) in materials was requested for Job 1. Direct labor cost, including payroll taxes, are \(\$23\) per hour, and employees worked \(18\) hours on Job 1 and \(29\) hours on Job 2. Overhead is applied at the rate of \(\$20\) per direct labor hours. Prepare job order cost sheets for each job.
- A company has the following transactions during the week.
- Purchase of \(\$1,000\) raw materials inventory
- Assignment of \(\$500\) of raw materials inventory to Job 5
- Payroll for \(20\) hours with \(\$1,000\) assigned to Job 5
- Factory utility bills of \(\$750\)
- Overhead applied at the rate of \(\$10\) per hour
What is the cost assigned to Job 5 at the end of the week?

- During the month, Job AB2 used specialized machinery for \(450\) hours and incurred \(\$500\) in utilities on account, \(\$300\) in factory depreciation expense, and \(\$100\) in property tax on the factory. Prepare journal entries for the following:
- Record the expenses incurred.
- Record the allocation of overhead at the predetermined rate of \(\$1.50\) per machine hour.
- Job 113 was completed at a cost of \(\$5,000\), and Job 85 was completed at a cost of \(\$3,000\) and sold on account for \(\$4,500\). Prepare journal entries for the following:
- Completion of Job 113.
- Completion and sale of Job 85.
- A company’s individual job sheets show these costs:
Overhead is applied at \(1.25\) times the direct labor cost. Use the data on the cost sheets to perform these tasks:

- Apply overhead to each of the jobs.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct materials to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct labor to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of manufacturing overhead to work in process.
- A summary of material requisition slips and time tickets, along with the overhead allocation, show these costs:
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct material to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct labor to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of manufacturing overhead to work in process.
Exercise Set B

- Abuah Goods manufactures clothing. For each item listed, identify whether it is a product cost, a period cost, or not an expense.
- pins to keep materials together while garment is being manufactured
- real estate taxes on store
- advertising expense
- product inspector wages
- shirts for sale
- Chief Financial Officer salary
- cost of goods sold
- Choco’s Chocolates incurs the following costs for the month:
- What is the prime cost?
- What is the conversion cost?
- The table shows a list of expenses involved in the production of custom snowboard bindings.
- For each item listed, state if the cost is manufacturing or sales and administration.
- If the cost is a manufacturing cost, state if it is direct materials, direct labor, or manufacturing overhead.
- If the cost is a manufacturing overhead cost, state if it is indirect materials, indirect labor, or another type of manufacturing overhead.
Table 4.E.2: Snowboard Binding Production Costs Snowboard Bindings Production Costs | Manufacturing or Sales & Administration Cost? | If Manufacturing: Direct Materials, Direct Labor, or Overhead? | If Overhead: Indirect Materials, Indirect Labor, or Other? |
Aluminum |
Factory building rent |
Fiberglass framework for each pair of bindings |
Accountant salary |
Administration building depreciation |
Straps |
Advertising |
Production supervisor salary |
Glue |
Research and development costs |
Inspector wages |
Metal shaping machine depreciation |
Human resources salaries |
Factory repair |
- Masonry’s records show the raw materials inventory had purchases of \(\$1,000\) and an ending raw materials inventory balance of \(\$200\). If the cost of materials used during the month was \(\$900\), what was the beginning inventory?
- Steinway’s records show their work in process inventory had a beginning balance of \(\$3,000\) and an ending balance of \(\$3,500\). How much overhead was applied if the records also show the following:

- Langston’s purchased \(\$3,100\) of merchandise during the month, and its monthly income statement shows a cost of goods sold of \(\$3,000\). What was the beginning inventory if the ending inventory was \(\$1,250\)?
- A company estimates its manufacturing overhead will be \(\$840,000\) for the next year. What is the predetermined overhead rate given each of the following independent allocation bases?
- Budgeted direct labor hours: \(90,615\)
- Budgeted direct labor expense: \(\$750,000\)
- Estimated machine hours: \(150,000\)
- Job order cost sheets show the following costs assigned to each job:
The company assigns overhead at twice the direct labor cost. What is the total cost for each job?

- A new company started production. Job 1 was completed, and Job 2 remains in production. Here is the information from the job cost sheets from their first and only jobs so far:
Using the information provided,

- What is the balance in work in process?
- What is the balance in finished goods inventory?
- If manufacturing overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor hours, what is the predetermined overhead rate?
- Inez has the following information relating to Job AA5. Direct material cost was \(\$200,000\), direct labor was \(\$36,550\), and overhead applied on the basis of direct labor hours was \(\$73,100\). What was the predetermined overhead rate using the labor rate of \(\$17\) per hour?
- A company has the following information relating to its production costs:
Compute the actual and applied overhead using the company’s predetermined overhead rate of \(\$23.92\) per machine hour. Was the overhead overapplied or underapplied, and by how much?
- A company has the following transactions during the week.
- Purchase of \(\$3,000\) raw materials inventory
- Assignment of \(\$700\) of raw materials inventory to Job 7
- Payroll for \(10\) hours and \(\$3,000\) is assigned to Job 7
- Factory depreciation of \(\$1,750\)
- Overhead applied at the rate of \(\$200\) per hour
What is the cost assigned to Job 7 at the end of the week?

- During the month, Job Arch2 used specialized machinery for \(350\) hours and incurred \(\$700\) in utilities on account, \(\$400\) in factory depreciation expense, and \(\$200\) in property tax on the factory. Prepare journal entries for the following:
- Record the expenses incurred.
- Record the allocation of overhead at the predetermined rate of \(\$1.50\) per machine hour.
- Job 113 was completed at a cost of \(\$7,500\), and Job 85 was completed at a cost of \(\$2,300\) and sold on account for \(\$4,500\). Prepare journal entries for the following:
- Completion of Job 113.
- Completion and sale of Job 85.
- A company’s individual job sheets show these costs:
Overhead is applied at \(1.75\) times the direct labor cost. Use the data on the cost sheets to perform these tasks:

- Apply overhead to each of the jobs.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct material to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct labor to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of manufacturing overhead to work in process.
- A summary of materials requisition slips and time tickets, along with the overhead allocation, show these costs:
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct material to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of direct labor to work in process.
- Prepare an entry to record the assignment of manufacturing overhead to work in process.
Problem Set A

- For each item listed, state whether a job order costing system or process costing system would be best.
- cereal
- team uniforms
- houses
- beach chairs
- plastic
- restaurant-specific pizza boxes
- sneakers customized with number and colors
- York Company is a machine shop that estimated overhead will be \(\$50,000\), consisting of \(5,000\) hours of direct labor. The cost to make Job 0325 is \(\$70\) in aluminum and two hours of labor at \(\$20\) per hour. During the month, York incurs \(\$50\) in indirect material cost, \(\$150\) in administrative labor, \(\$300\) in utilities, and \(\$250\) in depreciation expense.
- What is the predetermined overhead rate if direct labor hours are considered the cost driver?
- What is the cost of Job 0325?
- What is the overhead incurred during the month?
- Pocono Cement Forms expects \(\$900,000\) in overhead during the next year. It does not know whether it should apply overhead on the basis of its anticipated direct labor hours of \(60,000\) or its expected machine hours of \(30,000\). Determine the product cost under each predetermined allocation rate if the last job incurred \(\$1,550\) in direct material cost, \(90\) direct labor hours, and \(75\) machine hours. Wages are paid at \(\$16\) per hour.
- Job cost sheets show the following information:
What are the balances in the work in process inventory, finished goods inventory, and cost of goods sold for January, February, and March?
- Complete the information in the cost computations shown here:

- During the year, a company purchased raw materials of \(\$77,321\), and incurred direct labor costs of \(\$125,900\). Overhead is applied at the rate of \(75\%\) of the direct labor cost. These are the inventory balances:
Compute the cost of materials used in production, the cost of goods manufactured, and the cost of goods sold.

- Freeman Furnishings has summarized its data as shown:
Compute the cost of goods manufactured, assuming that the overhead is allocated based on direct labor hours.

- Coop’s Stoops estimated its annual overhead to be \(\$85,000\) and based its predetermined overhead rate on \(24,286\) direct labor hours. At the end of the year, actual overhead was \(\$90,000\) and the total direct labor hours were \(24,100\). What is the entry to dispose of the overapplied or underapplied overhead?
- Mountain Peaks applies overhead on the basis of machine hours and reports the following information:
- What is the predetermined overhead rate?
- How much overhead was applied during the year?
- Was overhead over- or underapplied, and by what amount?
- What is the journal entry to dispose of the over- or underapplied overhead?
- The actual overhead for a company is \(\$74,539\). Overhead was based on \(6,000\) direct labor hours and was \(\$2,539\) underapplied for the year.
- What is the overhead application rate per direct labor hour?
- What is the journal entry to dispose of the underapplied overhead?
- When setting its predetermined overhead application rate, Tasty Box Meals estimated its overhead would be \(\$100,000\) and would require \(25,000\) machine hours in the next year. At the end of the year, it found that actual overhead was \(\$102,000\) and required \(26,000\) machine hours.
- Determine the predetermined overhead rate.
- What is the overhead applied during the year?
- Prepare the journal entry to eliminate the underapplied or overapplied overhead.
- The following data summarize the operations during the year. Prepare a journal entry for each transaction.
- Purchase of raw materials on account: \(\$3,000\)
- Raw materials used by Job 1: \(\$500\)
- Raw materials used as indirect materials: \(\$100\)
- Direct labor for Job 1: \(\$300\)
- Indirect labor incurred: \(\$50\)
- Factory utilities incurred on account: \(\$700\)
- Adjusting entry for factory depreciation: \(\$250\)
- Manufacturing overhead applied as percent of direct labor: \(200\%\)
- Job 1 is transferred to finished goods
- Job 1 is sold: \(\$3,000\)
- Manufacturing overhead is overapplied: \(\$100\)
- The following events occurred during March for Ajax Company. Prepare a journal entry for each transaction.
- Materials were purchased on account for \(\$35,429\).
- Materials were requisitioned to begin work on Job C15 in the amount of \(\$25,259\).
- Direct labor expense for Job C15 was \(\$24,129\).
- Actual overhead was incurred on account of \(\$32,852\).
- Factory overhead was charged to Job C15 at the rate of \(200\%\) of direct labor.
- Job C15 was transferred to finished goods at \(\$97,646\).
- Job C15 was sold on account for \(\$401,000\).
- A movie production studio incurred the following costs related to its current movie:
- Purchased office supplies on account: \(\$33,000\)
- Issued direct supplies: \(\$22,512\)
- Issued indirect supplies: \(\$7,535\)
- Time tickets showing direct labor: \(\$32,503,230\)
- Time tickets showing indirect labor: \(\$574,326\)
- Utilities expense on account: \(\$957,323\)
- Overhead applied: \(10\%\) of direct labor cost
Create journal entries for the listed transactions.
Problem Set B

- For each item listed, state whether a job order costing system or process costing system would be best.
- television repair
- cell phone charge cords
- glassware with company logo
- dog food
- golf balls
- hotel signs to welcome guests
- highlighters and pens
- Rulers Company is a neon sign company that estimated overhead will be \(\$60,000\), consisting of \(1,500\) machine hours. The cost to make Job 416 is \(\$95\) in neon, 15 hours of labor at \(\$13\) per hour, and five machine hours. During the month, it incurs \(\$95\) in indirect material cost, \(\$130\) in administrative labor, \(\$320\) in utilities, and \(\$350\) in depreciation expense.
- What is the predetermined overhead rate if machine hours are considered the cost driver?
- What is the cost of Job 416?
- What is the overhead incurred during the month?
- Event Forms expects \(\$120,000\) in overhead during the next year. It doesn’t know whether it should apply overhead on the basis of its anticipated direct labor hours of \(6,000\) or its expected machine hours of \(5,000\). What would be the product cost under each predetermined allocation rate if the last job incurred \(\$3,500\) in direct material cost, \(55\) direct labor hours, and \(55\) machine hours? Wages are paid at \(\$17\) per hour.
- Summary information from a company’s job cost sheets shows the following information:
What are the balances in the work in process inventory, finished goods inventory, and cost of goods sold for April, May, and June?
- Complete the information in the cost computations shown here:

- During the year, a company purchased raw materials of \(\$77,321\) and incurred direct labor costs of \(\$125,900\). Overhead is applied at the rate of \(75\%\) of the direct labor cost. These are the inventory balances:
Compute the cost of materials used in production, the cost of goods manufactured, and the cost of goods sold.

- Freeman Furnishings has summarized its data as shown. Direct labor hours will be used as the activity base to allocate overhead:
Compute the cost of goods manufactured.

- Queen Bee’s Honey, Inc., estimated its annual overhead to be \(\$110,000\) and based its predetermined overhead rate on \(27,500\) direct labor hours. At the end of the year, actual overhead was \(\$106,000\) and the total direct labor hours were \(29,000\). What is the entry to dispose of the overapplied or underapplied overhead?
- Mountain Tops applies overhead on the basis of direct labor hours and reports the following information:
- What is the predetermined overhead rate?
- How much overhead was applied during the year?
- Was overhead overapplied or underapplied, and by what amount?
- What is the journal entry to dispose of the overapplied or underapplied overhead?
- The actual overhead for a company is \(\$73,175\). Overhead was based on \(4,500\) machine hours and was \(\$3,325\) overapplied for the year.
- What is the overhead application rate per direct labor hour?
- What is the journal entry to dispose of the underapplied overhead?
- When setting its predetermined overhead application rate, Tasty Turtle estimated its overhead would be \(\$75,000\) and manufacturing would require \(25,000\) machine hours in the next year. At the end of the year, it found that actual overhead was \(\$74,000\) and manufacturing required \(24,000\) machine hours.
- Determine the predetermined overhead rate.
- What is the overhead applied during the year?
- Prepare the journal entry to eliminate the under- or overapplied overhead.
- The following data summarize the operations during the year. Prepare a journal entry for each transaction.
- Purchase of raw materials on account: \(\$1,500\)
- Raw materials used by Job 1: \(\$400\)
- Raw materials used as indirect materials: \(\$50\)
- Direct labor for Job 1: \(\$200\)
- Indirect labor incurred for Job 1: \(\$30\)
- Factory utilities incurred on account: \(\$500\)
- Adjusting entry for factory depreciation: \(\$200\)
- Manufacturing overhead applied as percent of direct labor: \(100\%\)
- Job 1 is transferred to finished goods
- Job 1 is sold: \(\$1,000\)
- Manufacturing overhead is underapplied: \(\$100\)
- The following events occurred during March for Ajax Company. Prepare a journal entry for each transaction.
- Materials were purchased on account for \(\$5,429\).
- Materials were requisitioned to begin work on Job C15 in the amount of \(\$2,500\).
- Direct labor expense for Job C15 was \(\$4,250\).
- Actual overhead was incurred on account for \(\$5,385\).
- Factory overhead was charged to Job C15 at the rate of \(200\%\) direct labor.
- Job C15 was transferred to finished goods at \(\$15,250\).
- Job C15 was sold on account for \(\$28,000\).
- A leather repair shop incurred the following expenses while repairing luggage for a major airline.
- Time cards showing direct labor: \(\$750\)
- Time cards showing indirect labor: \(\$100\)
- Purchased repair supplies on account: \(\$1,500\)
- Issued indirect supplies: \(\$350\)
- Utilities expense on account: \(\$24,000\)
- Overhead applied: \(100\%\) of direct labor costs
Journalize the listed transactions.
Thought Provokers
- Can a company use both job order costing and process costing? Why or why not?
- If a job order cost system tracks the direct materials and direct labor, why doesn’t it track the actual overhead used for a specific job?
- What are the similarities in calculating the cost of materials used in production, the cost of goods manufactured, and the cost of goods sold?
- If a company bases its predetermined overhead rate on \(100,000\) machine hours, and it actually has \(100,000\) machine hours, would there be an underapplied or overapplied overhead?
- How do the job cost sheets act as a subsidiary ledger for the work in process inventory if journal entries are not made to the job cost sheets?
- How is a job order cost system used in a service industry?
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