Question

A manufacturing company applies factory overhead based on direct labor hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated that factory overhead costs would be $348,400 and direct labor hours would be 47,000. Actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred were $304,000, and actual direct labor hours were 52,400. The journal entry to apply the factory overhead costs for the year would include a

Answer 1

Answer:

Journal Entry

Debit Work-in-Process $388,284

Credit Manufacturing Overhead $388,284

To record the application of factory overhead costs for the year.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Estimated factory overhead costs = $348,400

Estimated direct labor hours = 47,000

Predetermined overhead rate = $7.41 ($348,400/47,000)

Actual overhead costs = $304,000

Actual direct labor hours = 52,400

Applied overhead costs = $388,284 (52,400 * $7.41)

b) The overhead applied to the production for the year will be the actual direct labor hours by the predetermined overhead rate.  This yields a cost that is greater than the actual overhead costs, which means that the manufacturing overhead was overapplied.  The cause of this situation is the number of actual direct labor hours worked vis-a-vis the actual overhead costs and the predetermined rate.