Question

High Desert Potteryworks makes a variety of pottery products that it sells to retailers. The company uses a job-order costing system in which departmental predetermined overhead rates are used to apply manufacturing overhead cost to jobs. The predetermined overhead rate in the Molding Department is based on machine-hours, and the rate in the Painting Department is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company provided the following estimates:

	Department
	Molding			Painting
Direct labor-hours		31,000			51,200
Machine-hours		86,000			39,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead cost	$	275,200		$	476,160
Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour	$	2.20			-
Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour		-		$	4.20

Job 205 was started on August 1 and completed on August 10. The company's cost records show the following information concerning the job:

	Department
	Molding			Painting
Direct labor-hours		86			125
Machine-hours		300			73
Direct materials	$	942		$	1,120
Direct labor cost	$	710		$	1,020

Required:

1. Compute the predetermined overhead rates used in the Molding Department and the Painting Department.

2. Compute the total overhead cost applied to Job 205.

3-a. What would be the total manufacturing cost recorded for Job 205?

3-b. If the job contained 31 units, what would be the unit product cost?

Answer 1