Horvath uses normal costing and applies overhead on the


Problem - Calculating the Predetermined Overhead Rate, Applying Overhead to Production, Reconciling Overhead at the End of the Year, Adjusting Cost of Goods Sold for Under- and Overapplied Overhead

At the beginning of the year, Horvath Company estimated the following:

Overhead $180,000

Direct labor hours 90,000

Horvath uses normal costing and applies overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. For the month of January, direct labor hours were 8,150. By the end of the year, Horvath showed the following actual amounts:

Overhead $186,000

Direct labor hours 89,600

Assume that unadjusted Cost of Goods Sold for Horvath was $216,000.

Required:

1. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate for Horvath.

2. Calculate the overhead applied to production in January.

3. Calculate the total applied overhead for the year.

Was overhead over- or underapplied? By how much?

4. Calculate adjusted Cost of Goods Sold after adjusting for the overhead variance.

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