Cabot Corp. is a job lot manufacturer. The budget for the month of May calls for 7,000 direct labor hours to be worked. Budgeted overhead is $84,000 with a predetermined rate of $12 per hour. Overhead is applied based on actual direct hours worked. Actual direct hours were 7,200 and actual overhead spending was $83,000.
What was the under applied or over applied overhead for the month of May? Over applied is shown as a negative number.