appropriate (leaving the calculations within Excel cells is acceptable). Save the document, and submit it in the appropriate week using the Assignment Submission button.   1. Overhead application: Working backward The Towson Manufacturing Corporation applies overhead on the basis of machine hours. The following divisional information is presented for your review:   Division A Division B Actual machine hours 22,500 ? Estimated machine hours 20,000 ? Overhead application rate $4.50 $5.00 Actual overhead $110,000 ? Estimated overhead ? $90,000 Applied overhead ? $86,000 Over- (under-) applied overhead ? $6,500 Find the unknowns for each of the divisions.   2. Computationsusing a job order system General Corporation employs a job order cost system. On May 1 the following balances were extracted from the general ledger;   Work in process $ 35,200 Finished goods 86,900 Cost of goods sold 128,700   Work in Process consisted of two jobs, no. 101 ($20,400) and no. 103 ($14,800). During May, direct materials requisitioned from the storeroom amounted to $96,500, and direct labor incurred totaled $114,500. These figures are subdivided as follows:   Direct Materials   Direct Labor Job No.   Amount   Job No.   Amount 101   $5,000   101   $7,800 115   19,500   103   20,800 116   36,200   115   42,000 Other   35,800   116   18,000     $96,500   Other   25,900             $114,500                                                                                 Job no. 115 was the only job in process at the end of the month. Job no. 101 and three "other" jobs were sold during May at a profit of 20% of cost. The "other" jobs contained material and labor charges of $21,000 and $17,400, respectively.   General applies overhead daily at the rate of 150% of direct labor cost as labor summaries are posted to job orders. The firm's fiscal year ends on May 31. Instructions: a. Compute the total overhead applied to production during May. b. Compute the cost of the ending work in process inventory. c. Compute the cost of jobs completed during May. d. Compute the cost of goods sold for the year ended May 31.     3. High-low methodThe following cost data pertain to 20X6 operations of Heritage Products:   Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Shipping costs $58,200 $58,620 $60,125 $59,400 Orders shipped 120 140 175 150   The company uses the high-low method to analyze costs. a. Determine the variable cost per order shipped. b. Determine the fixed shipping costs per quarter. c. If present cost behavior patterns continue, determine total shipping costs for 20X7 if activity amounts to 570 orders.   4. Break-even and other CVP relationships Cedars Hospital has average revenue of $180 per patient day. Variable costs are $45 per patient day; fixed costs total $4,320,000 per year. a. How many patient days does the hospital need to break even? b. What level of revenue is needed to earn a target income of $540,000? c. If variable costs drop to $36 per patient day, what increase in fixed costs can be tolerated without changing the break-even point as determined in part (a)?   5. Direct and absorption costing The information that follows pertains to Consumer Products for the year ended December 31, 20X6. Inventory, 1/1/X6 24,000 units Units manufactured 80,000 Units sold 82,000 Inventory, 12/31/X6 ? units Manufacturing costs: Direct materials $3 per unit Direct labor $5 per unit Variable factory overhead $9 per unit Fixed factory overhead $280,000 Selling & administrative expenses: Variable $2 per unit Fixed $136,000   The unit selling price is $26. Assume that costs have been stable in recent years.   Instructions: a. Compute the number of units in the ending inventory. b. Calculate the cost of a unit assuming use of: 1. Direct costing. 2. Absorption costing. c. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, 20X6, by using direct costing. d. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, 20X6, by using absorption costing.

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appropriate (leaving the calculations within Excel cells is acceptable). Save the document, and submit it in the appropriate week using the Assignment Submission button.

 

1. Overhead application: Working backward

The Towson Manufacturing Corporation applies overhead on the basis of machine hours. The following divisional information is presented for your review:

 

Division A

Division B

Actual machine hours

22,500

?

Estimated machine hours

20,000

?

Overhead application rate

$4.50

$5.00

Actual overhead

$110,000

?

Estimated overhead

?

$90,000

Applied overhead

?

$86,000

Over- (under-) applied overhead

?

$6,500

Find the unknowns for each of the divisions.

 

2. Computationsusing a job order system

General Corporation employs a job order cost system. On May 1 the following balances were extracted from the general ledger;

 

Work in process $ 35,200

Finished goods 86,900

Cost of goods sold 128,700

 

Work in Process consisted of two jobs, no. 101 ($20,400) and no. 103 ($14,800). During May, direct materials requisitioned from the storeroom amounted to $96,500, and direct labor incurred totaled $114,500. These figures are subdivided as follows:

 

Direct Materials

 

Direct Labor

Job No.

 

Amount

 

Job No.

 

Amount

101

 

$5,000

 

101

 

$7,800

115

 

19,500

 

103

 

20,800

116

 

36,200

 

115

 

42,000

Other

 

35,800

 

116

 

18,000

   

$96,500

 

Other

 

25,900

           

$114,500

       
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

Job no. 115 was the only job in process at the end of the month. Job no. 101 and three "other" jobs were sold during May at a profit of 20% of cost. The "other" jobs contained material and labor charges of $21,000 and $17,400, respectively.

 

General applies overhead daily at the rate of 150% of direct labor cost as labor summaries are posted to job orders. The firm's fiscal year ends on May 31.

Instructions:

a. Compute the total overhead applied to production during May.

b. Compute the cost of the ending work in process inventory.

c. Compute the cost of jobs completed during May.

d. Compute the cost of goods sold for the year ended May 31.

 

 

3. High-low method
The following cost data pertain to 20X6 operations of Heritage Products:

 

Quarter 1

Quarter 2

Quarter 3

Quarter 4

Shipping costs

$58,200

$58,620

$60,125

$59,400

Orders shipped

120

140

175

150

 

The company uses the high-low method to analyze costs.

a. Determine the variable cost per order shipped.

b. Determine the fixed shipping costs per quarter.

c. If present cost behavior patterns continue, determine total shipping costs for 20X7 if activity amounts to 570 orders.

 

4. Break-even and other CVP relationships

Cedars Hospital has average revenue of $180 per patient day. Variable costs are $45 per patient day; fixed costs total $4,320,000 per year.

a. How many patient days does the hospital need to break even?

b. What level of revenue is needed to earn a target income of $540,000?

c. If variable costs drop to $36 per patient day, what increase in fixed costs can be tolerated without changing the break-even point as determined in part (a)?

 

5. Direct and absorption costing

The information that follows pertains to Consumer Products for the year ended December 31, 20X6.

Inventory, 1/1/X6

24,000 units

Units manufactured

80,000

Units sold

82,000

Inventory, 12/31/X6

? units

Manufacturing costs:

Direct materials

$3 per unit

Direct labor

$5 per unit

Variable factory overhead

$9 per unit

Fixed factory overhead

$280,000

Selling & administrative expenses:

Variable

$2 per unit

Fixed

$136,000

 

The unit selling price is $26. Assume that costs have been stable in recent years.

 

Instructions:

a. Compute the number of units in the ending inventory.

b. Calculate the cost of a unit assuming use of:

1. Direct costing.

2. Absorption costing.

c. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, 20X6, by using direct costing.

d. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, 20X6, by using absorption costing.

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