Question

Echo Corporation uses a job-order costing system and applies overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate. During the year the company's Finished Goods inventory account was debited for $360,000 and credited for $338,800. The ending balance in the Finished Goods inventory account was $36,600. At the end of the year, manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $15,900.If the applied manufacturing overhead was $169,300, the actual manufacturing overhead cost for the year was:

Answer 1

Actual overhead= $153,400

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

During the year the company's Finished Goods inventory account was debited for $360,000 and credited for $338,800. The ending balance in the Finished Goods inventory account was $36,600.

At the end of the year:

Manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $15,900.

If the applied manufacturing overhead was $169,300.

Because the manufacturing overhead was overapplied, we need to subtract from the applied overhead to determine the actual overhead.

Actual overhead= applied overhead - overapplied overhead

Actual overhead= 169300 - 15900= $153,400