Compute the predetermined plantwide overhead rate


Problem

Smithson Company uses a job-order costing system and has two manufacturing departments"Molding and Fabrication. The company provided the following estimates at the beginning of the year:


Molding

Fabrication

Total

Machine-hours


27,000


37,000

64,000

Fixed manufacturing overhead costs

$

720,000

$

210,000

$ 930,000

Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour

$

5.00

$

5.00


During the year, the company had no beginning or ending inventories and it started, completed, and sold only two jobs"Job D-75 and Job C-100. It provided the following information related to those two jobs:

Job D-75:

Molding

Fabrication

Total

Direct materials cost

$

376,000

$

323,000

$

699,000

Direct labor cost

$

250,000

$

180,000

$

430,000

Machine-hours


22,000


5,000


27,000

Job C-100:

Molding

Fabrication

Total

Direct materials cost

$

210,000

$

230,000

$

440,000

Direct labor cost

$

120,000

$

240,000

$

360,000

Machine-hours


5,000


32,000


37,000

Smithson had no overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead during the year.

1. Compute the predetermined plantwide overhead rate.

2. Compute the total manufacturing costs assigned to Job D-75 and Job C-100.

3. If Smithson establishes bid prices that are 120% of total manufacturing costs, what bid price would it have established for Job D-75 and Job C-100?

4. What is Smithson's cost of goods sold for the year?

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