Pristine Painting Services uses a job order cost system to collect the costs of its home painting business. Each customer’s house is treated as a separate job. Overhead is applied to each job based on the number of painting hours required for each house.  Listed below are the data for the current year:                                       Estimated overhead                $780,000                                     Actual overhead                      $772,450                                     Estimated painting hours                39,000                                     Actual painting hours                  38,750   The company uses Operating Overhead in place of Manufacturing Overhead.   Instructions (a)        Compute the predetermined overhead rate. (b)        Prepare the entry to apply the overhead for the year. (c)        Determine whether the overhead was under- or overapplied and by how much.  (d)        If estimated overhead increases to $799,500, discuss how this would impact (1) applied overhead and (2) actual overhead.  Support your discussion with calculations.  Determine whether overhead would be under- or overapplied and by how much.

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  1. Pristine Painting Services uses a job order cost system to collect the costs of its home painting business. Each customer’s house is treated as a separate job. Overhead is applied to each job based on the number of painting hours required for each house.  Listed below are the data for the current year:

 

                                    Estimated overhead                $780,000

                                    Actual overhead                      $772,450

                                    Estimated painting hours                39,000

                                    Actual painting hours                  38,750

 

The company uses Operating Overhead in place of Manufacturing Overhead.

 

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(a)        Compute the predetermined overhead rate.

(b)        Prepare the entry to apply the overhead for the year.

(c)        Determine whether the overhead was under- or overapplied and by how much. 

(d)        If estimated overhead increases to $799,500, discuss how this would impact (1) applied overhead and (2) actual overhead.  Support your discussion with calculations.  Determine whether overhead would be under- or overapplied and by how much. 

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