CHAPTER 17 Job Order Costing
Ex. 17–17 (FIN MAN); Ex. 2–17 (MAN)
a. July 3 Work in Process (175 hrs. × $150) 26,250
Salaries Payable 26,250
31 Office Overhead 4,000
Supplies 4,000
31 Salaries Payable 74,350
Cash 74,350
*$26,250 + $12,500 + $48,100 + $30,000 + $26,970
b. Office overhead incurred ($28,500 + $4,000)……………
$32,500
Office overhead applied……………………………………… 26,970
Underapplied overhead………………………………………
$ 5,530
c. Fees earned……………………………………………………
$172,500
Cost of services*………………………………………………
149,350
Gross profit……………………………………………………
$ 23,150
*$143,820 + $5,530. Assumes the over- or underapplied office overhead is
closed to cost of services monthly.
Note to Instructors: The consultant fees and travel costs can be directly
assigned to the case and thus are not treated as office overhead. Costs such
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