Question

At the beginning of the month, Arthur's Olde Consulting Corporation had two jobs in process that had the following costs assigned from previous months:

Job Number	Direct Labor			Applied Overhead
SY-400	$	23,890		?
SY-403		15,970		?

During the month, Jobs SY-400 and SY-403 were completed but not billed to customers. The completion costs for SY-400 required $26,900 in direct labor. For SY-403, $80,500 in labor was used.

During the month, the only new job, SY-404, was started but not finished. Total direct labor costs for all jobs amounted to $150,870 for the month. Overhead in this company refers to the cost of work that is not directly traced to particular jobs, including copying, printing, and travel costs to meet with clients. Overhead is applied at a rate of 70 percent of direct labor costs for this and previous periods. Actual overhead for the month was $107,300.

Required:

a. What are the costs of Jobs SY-400 and SY-403 at the beginning of the month and when completed?

b. What is the cost of Job SY-404 at the end of the month?

c. How much was under- or overapplied service overhead for the month?

Answer 1

Cost of Jobs in beginning:
		SY 400	SY 403
Direct labour cost	23890	15970
OH applied	16723	11179
(70% of DLC)
Total cost of Jobs in beg.	40613	27149
Cost of Jobs at end
		SY 400	SY 403
Beginning cost	40613	27149
Add: current cost
Direct labour cost	26900	80500
OH applied	18830	56350
(70% of DLC)
Total cost at end	86343	163999
Req b.
Cost of Job 404:
Direct labour cost		43470
(150870-26900-80500)
Add: Oh applied @70% of DLC	30429
Cost of Job 404:		73899
Req c.
OH incurred		107300
Oh applied (150870*70%)	105609
Under-applied overheads	1691