Maverick wings inc manufactures airplanes for use in stunt


Problem 4-30

Maverick Wings, Inc. manufactures airplanes for use in stunt shows. Maverick's factory is highly automated, using the latest in robotic technology. To keep costs low, the company employs as few factory workers as possible. Since each plane has different features (such as its shape, weight, and color), Maverick uses a job order costing system to accumulate product costs.
At the end of 2013, Maverick's accountants developed the following expectations for 2014 based on the marketing department's sales forecast:
Budgeted overhead cost
$1,132,000
Estimated machine hours
45,000
Estimated direct labor hours
10,000
Estimated direct materials cost
$1,500,000

Maverick's inventory count, completed on December 31, 2013, revealed the following ending inventory balances:
Raw Materials Inventory
$250,000
Work in Process Inventory
$625,000
Finished Goods Inventory
$2,950,000

The company's 2014 payroll data revealed the following actual payroll costs for the year:
Job Title
Number
Employed

Wage Rate
per Hour

Annual
Salary per
Employee

Total Hours
Worked per
Employee

President and CEO
1


$225,000


Vice president and CFO
1


$177,000


Factory manager
1


$40,800


Assistant factory manager
1


$33,300


Machine operator
5
$14.50


2,250
Security guard, factory

2


$20,500


Materials handler
2
$7.50


2,000
Corporate secretary
1


$36,400


Janitor, factory
2
$6


2,150

The following information was taken from Maverick's Schedule of Plant Assets. All assets are depreciated using the straight-line method.
Plant Asset
Purchase Price
Salvage Value
Useful Life
Factory building
$4,000,000
$150,000
20 Years
Administrative office
$650,000
$125,000
30 Years
Factory equipment
$2,000,000
$20,000
12 Years

Other miscellaneous costs for 2014 all paid in cash included:
Cost
Amount
Factory insurance
$12,500
Administrative office utilities
$5,700
Factory utilities
$33,400
Office supplies
$5,200

Additional information about Maverick's operations in 2014 includes the following:
Raw materials purchases for the year amounted to $1,946,000. All purchases were on account.
The company used $1,860,000 in raw materials during the year. Of that amount, 85% was direct materials and 15% was indirect materials.
Maverick applied overhead to Work in Process Inventory based on direct materials cost.
Airplanes costing $3,450,000 to manufacture were completed and transferred out of Work in Process Inventory.
Maverick uses a markup of 80% to price its airplanes. Sales for the year were $6,570,000.
(Note: This transaction requires two journal entries.)
All sales were on account.

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What was Maverick's predetermined overhead rate in 2014? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.45%.)
Predetermined overhead rate % of direct materials cost

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Prepare the journal entries to record Maverick's costs for 2014. (Use Salaries Payable and Wages Payable accounts for payroll costs.) (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Post entries in order presented in the problem. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 345,000.)
No. Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit
1.


(To record salaries for president, vice president, and corpoarte secretary)

2.


(To record labor costs for factory manager, assistant factory manager, and two security gaurds)

3.




(To record direct labor)

4.


(To record depreciation on administrative office equipment)

5.


(To record depreciation on factory building and equipment)


6.



(To record administrative office utilities and office supplies expense)

7.


(To reocrd factory insurance and factory utilities)

8.


(To record raw materials purchases)

9.



(To record direct materials and indrect materials used in production)

10.


(To apply overhead to work in process)

11.


(To record transfer of completed airplanes)

12.


(To record cost of airplanes sold)

13.


(To record sale of airplanes to customers)

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