Compare the actual job costs to managements expected costs

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Comparing job costs to management's expectations. Polebarn Construction Incorporated uses a job costing system. It applies overhead to jobs at a rate of 60 percent of direct labor cost.

On November 1, the balance in the Work-in-Process Inventory account was $100,000. It had the following jobs in process on November   1:

Job No.

Total

15

$ 45,000

16

18,000

17

37,000

Total

$100,000

Selected transactions for the month of November follow:

(1) Direct materials issued: Job 17, $23,000; Job 18, $15,500; Job 19,    $29,000.

(2) Polebarn assigned direct labor costs as follows: Job 15, $13,000; Job 16, $8,500; Job 17, $10,500; Job 18, $26,000; Job 19, $34,500.

(3) It applies overhead for November to jobs using an overhead rate of 60 percent of direct labor costs. Actual overhead for the month was $70,352.

(4) It completed Jobs 15 and 16 in November.

Polebarn Construction  Inc.'s  management  is concerned  that costs  are higher than anticipated. Managers had expected the cost of completed jobs to be as follows:

Job 15: $70,000, when complete Job 16: $30,000, when complete

Job 17: $60,000, as of November 30 Job 18: $60,000, as of November 30 Job 19: $80,000, as of November  30

Compare the actual job costs to management's expected costs, and report your results.

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