Reference no: EM13343269

Don Lieberman and Associates, a CPA firm, uses job order costing to capture the costs of its audit jobs. There were no audit jobs in process at the beginning of November. Listed below are data concerning the three audit jobs conducted during November.

		Lynn		Brian		Mike
Direct materials		$610		$500		$220
Auditor labor costs		$5,620		$7,630		$3,990
Auditor hours		73		93		50

Overhead costs are applied to jobs on the basis of auditor hours, and the predetermined overhead rate is $57per auditor hour. The Lynn job is the only incomplete job at the end of November. Actual overhead for the month was $12,380.

(a) Determine the cost of each job.

		Cost
Lynn		$
Brian		$
Mike		$

(b) Indicate the balance of the Work in Process account at the end of November.

Balance in work in process account

$

(c) Calculate the ending balance of the Manufacturing Overhead account for November.

Balance in manufacturing overhead account

$

(a)

		Lynn		Brian		Mike
Direct materials		$610		$500		$220
Auditor labor costs		5,620		7,630		3,990
Applied overhead		4,161		5,301		2,850
Total cost		$10,391		$13,431		$7,060

(b)The Lynn job is the only incomplete job, therefore, $10,391.

(c)

Actual overhead		$12,380	(DR)
Applied overhead		12,312	(CR)
Balance		$68	(DR)