Exercise 1512 Don Lieberman and Associates a CPA firm uses j

Exercise 15-12 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 Auditor labor costs Auditor hours $710 $6,400 76 $470 $6,800 94 $230 $4,075 49 Overhead costs are applied to jobs on the basis of auditor hours, and the predetermined overhead rate is $57 per auditor hour. The Lynn job is the only incomplete job at the end of November. Actual overhead for the month was $12,100 (a) Determine the cost of each job Cost Lynn Brian Mike s (b) Indicate the balance of the Service Contracts in Process account at the end of November. Balance in service contracts in process account (c) Calculate the ending balance of the Operating Overhead account for November Balance in operating overhead account

Solution

a Cost Lynn 11442 =710+6400+(76*57) Brian 12628 =470+6800+(94*57) Mike 7098 =230+4075+(49*57) b Balance in service contracts in work in process account = $11442 c Overhead applied = (76+94+49)*57= 12483 Balance in operating overhead account = 12483-12100 = 383