187) Janicki Corporation has two manufacturing departments—Machining and Customizing. The
company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined
overhead rates:
Estimated total machine-hours (MHs)
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead
cost
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost
per MH
During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs—Job A and Job J.
There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:
Customizing machine-hours
Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours
as the allocation base in both production departments. Further assume that the company uses a
markup of 50% on manufacturing cost to establish selling prices. The calculated selling price for
Job A is closest to:
A) $27,595
B) $87,752
C) $82,785
D) $55,190
Estimated fixed manufacturing overhead
$
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead ($1.10
per MH × 1,000 MHs)
1,100
Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost (a)
$
Estimated total machine-hours (b)
MHs
Departmental predetermined overhead rate (a) ÷ (b)
$
5.90
per