Reference no: EM132759640

Problem - Factory overhead rates, entries, and account balance - Eclipse Solar Company operates two factories. The company applies factory overhead to jobs on the basis of machine hours in Factory 1 and on the basis of direct labor hours in Factory 2. Estimated factory overhead costs, direct labor hours, and machine hours are as follows:

	Factory 1	Factory 2
Estimated factory overhead cost for fiscal year beginning August 1	$ 18,500,000	$ 44,000,000
Estimated direct labor hours for year		800,000
Estimated machine hours for year	1,250,000
Actual factory overhead costs for August	$1,515,800	$3,606,300
Actual direct labor hours for August		64,500
Actual machine hours for August	105,000

Required -

a. Determine the factory overhead rate for Factory 1.

b. Determine the factory overhead rate for Factory 2.

c. Journalize the entries to apply factory overhead to production in each factory for August.

d. Determine the balances of the factory overhead accounts for each factory as of August 31, and indicate whether the amounts represent over- or underapplied factory overhead.