O’Leary Corporation manufactures special purpose portable structures (huts, mobile offices, and so on) for use at construction sites. It only builds to order (each unit is built to customer specifications). O’Leary uses a normal job costing system. Direct labor at O’Leary is paid $20 per hour, but the employees are not paid if they are not working on jobs. Manufacturing overhead is assigned to jobs by a predetermined rate on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company incurred manufacturing overhead costs during two recent years (adjusted for price-level changes using current prices and wage rates) as follows.       Year 1     Year 2 Direct labor-hours worked   67,600     54,600 Manufacturing overhead costs incurred           Indirect labor $ 2,784,000   $ 2,184,000 Employee benefits   1,014,000     819,000 Supplies   676,000     546,000 Power   633,000     528,000 Heat and light   139,200     139,200 Supervision   777,990     658,050 Depreciation   2,000,500     2,000,500 Property taxes and insurance   763,310     769,250 Total manufacturing overhead costs $ 8,788,000   $ 7,644,000     At the beginning of year 3, O’Leary has two jobs, which have not yet been delivered to customers. Job MC-270 was completed on December 27, year 2. It is scheduled to ship on January 7, year 3. Job MC-275 is still in progress. For the purpose of computing the predetermined overhead rate, O’Leary uses the previous year’s actual overhead rate.  Data on direct material costs and direct labor-hours for these jobs in year 2 follow.     Job MC-270 Job MC-275 Direct material costs $ 270,600   $ 495,600   Direct labor-hours   2,530 hours   3,230 hours     During year 3, O’Leary incurred the following direct material costs and direct labor-hours for all jobs worked in year 3, including the completion of Job MC-275.         Direct material costs $ 11,840,600 Direct labor-hours   74,600 Actual manufacturing overhead $ 9,264,000     At the end of year 3, there were four jobs that had not yet shipped. Data on these jobs follow.     MC-389 MC-390 MC-397 MC-399 Direct materials $43,800 $67,600 $104,100 $29,500 Direct labor-hours 1,746 hours 2,730 hours 6,130 hours 1,330 hours Job status Finished Finished In progress In progress     Required: a. What was the amount in the beginning Finished Goods and beginning Work-in-Process accounts for year 3? b. O’Leary incurred direct materials costs of $57,600 and used an additional 360 hours in year 3 to complete job MC-275. What was the final (total) cost charged to job MC-275? c. What was over- or underapplied overhead for year 3?

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O’Leary Corporation manufactures special purpose portable structures (huts, mobile offices, and so on) for use at construction sites. It only builds to order (each unit is built to customer specifications). O’Leary uses a normal job costing system. Direct labor at O’Leary is paid $20 per hour, but the employees are not paid if they are not working on jobs. Manufacturing overhead is assigned to jobs by a predetermined rate on the basis of direct labor-hours. The company incurred manufacturing overhead costs during two recent years (adjusted for price-level changes using current prices and wage rates) as follows.

 

    Year 1     Year 2
Direct labor-hours worked   67,600     54,600
Manufacturing overhead costs incurred          
Indirect labor $ 2,784,000   $ 2,184,000
Employee benefits   1,014,000     819,000
Supplies   676,000     546,000
Power   633,000     528,000
Heat and light   139,200     139,200
Supervision   777,990     658,050
Depreciation   2,000,500     2,000,500
Property taxes and insurance   763,310     769,250
Total manufacturing overhead costs $ 8,788,000   $ 7,644,000
 

 

At the beginning of year 3, O’Leary has two jobs, which have not yet been delivered to customers. Job MC-270 was completed on December 27, year 2. It is scheduled to ship on January 7, year 3. Job MC-275 is still in progress. For the purpose of computing the predetermined overhead rate, O’Leary uses the previous year’s actual overhead rate.  Data on direct material costs and direct labor-hours for these jobs in year 2 follow.

 

  Job MC-270 Job MC-275
Direct material costs $ 270,600   $ 495,600  
Direct labor-hours   2,530 hours   3,230 hours
 

 

During year 3, O’Leary incurred the following direct material costs and direct labor-hours for all jobs worked in year 3, including the completion of Job MC-275.

 

     
Direct material costs $ 11,840,600
Direct labor-hours   74,600
Actual manufacturing overhead $ 9,264,000
 

 

At the end of year 3, there were four jobs that had not yet shipped. Data on these jobs follow.

 

  MC-389 MC-390 MC-397 MC-399
Direct materials $43,800 $67,600 $104,100 $29,500
Direct labor-hours 1,746 hours 2,730 hours 6,130 hours 1,330 hours
Job status Finished Finished In progress In progress
 

 

Required:

a. What was the amount in the beginning Finished Goods and beginning Work-in-Process accounts for year 3?

b. O’Leary incurred direct materials costs of $57,600 and used an additional 360 hours in year 3 to complete job MC-275. What was the final (total) cost charged to job MC-275?

c. What was over- or underapplied overhead for year 3?

d. O’Leary prorates any over- or underapplied overhead to Cost of Goods Sold, Finished Goods Inventory, and Work-in-Process Inventory. Prepare the journal entry to prorate the over- or underapplied overhead.

e. A customer has asked O’Leary to bid on a job to be completed in year 4. O’Leary estimates that the job will require about $92,800 in direct materials and 5,030 direct labor-hours. Because of the economy, O’Leary expects demand for its services to be low in year 4, and the CEO wants to bid aggressively, but does not want to lose any money on the project. O’Leary estimates that there would be virtually no sales or administrative costs associated with this job. What is the minimum amount O’Leary can bid on the job and still not incur a loss?

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