Question

Parker Corporation has a job-order costing system and uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. At the beginning of the year, manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the year were estimated at $50,000 and 20,000 hours, respectively. In June, Job #461 was completed. Materials costs on the job totaled $4,000 and labor costs totaled $1,500 at $5 per hour. At the end of the year it was determined that the company worked 24,000 direct labor-hours for the year and incurred $54,000 in actual manufacturing overhead costs. If Job #461 contained 100 units, the unit product cost on the completed job cost sheet would be:

Answer 1

Unitary cost= $62.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. At the beginning of the year, manufacturing overhead and direct labor-hours for the year were estimated at $50,000 and 20,000 hours.

Materials costs on the job totaled $4,000 and labor costs totaled $1,500 at $5 per hour.

First, we need to determine the allocated MOH:

Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Estimated manufacturing overhead rate= 50000/20000= $2.5 per direct labor hour

Allocated MOH= Estimated manufacturing overhead rate* Actual amount of allocation base= 2.5* (1500/5)= $750

Total cost= 4000 + 1500 + 750= $6,250

Unitary cost= 6250/100= $62.5