Comprehensive Problem
Comprehensive Problem
Comprehensive Problem
PROBLEM 1: You are asked to bring the following incomplete accounts of Ticker Printing Inc. up to
date through January 31, 2023. Consider the data that appear in the T-accounts as well as additional
information given in items (a) through (i).
Ticker’s job order costing system has two direct cost categories (direct material and direct
manufacturing labor) and one indirect cost pool (manufacturing overhead, which is allocated using
direct manufacturing labor costs).
Manufacturing Department
Work in Process Inventory Control Overhead Control
January 2023
Charges 57,000
Additional Information:
a. Manufacturing department overhead is allocated using a budgeted rate set every December.
Management forecasts next year’s overhead and next year’s direct manufacturing labor costs.
The budget for 2023 is P400,000 of direct manufacturing labor and P600,000 of manufacturing
overhead.
b. The only job unfinished on January 31, 2023 is No. 419, on which direct manufacturing labor
costs are P2,000 (125 direct manufacturing labor hours) and direct material costs are P8,000.
c. Total material placed into production during January is P90,000.
d. Cost of goods completed during January is P180,000.
e. Material inventory as of January 31, 2023 is P20,000.
f. Finished goods inventory as of January 31, 2023 is P15,000.
g. All plant workers earn the same wage rate. Direct manufacturing labor hours for January totals
2,500. Other labor and supervision totals P10,000.
h. The gross plant payroll on January paydays totals P52,000. Ignore withholdings. All personnel
are paid on a weekly basis.
i. All “actual” manufacturing department overhead incurred during January has already been
posted.
Required:
a. Material purchased during January
b. Cost of Goods Sold during January
c. Direct Manufacturing Labor Costs incurred during January
d. Manufacturing Overhead Allocated during January
e. Balance, Wages Payable Control, December 31, 2022
f. Balance, Work in Process Inventory Control, January 31, 2023
g. Balance, Work in Process Inventory Control, December 31, 2022
h. Balance, Finished Goods Inventory Control, January 31, 2023
i. Manufacturing Overhead underapplied or overapplied for January
PROBLEM 2: The Smith Company manufactures special purpose machines to order. On 1/1/2023
there were two jobs in process, 405 and 406. The following costs were applied to them in 2022:
Job No.
405 406
Direct material P 5,000 P 8,000
Direct labor 4,000 3,000
Overhead 4,400 3,300
Total P13,400 P14,300
JOB
407 408 409
Direct materials P3,000 P10,000 P 7,000
Direct labor 5,000 6,000 4,000
* Job P405 and Job #406 were completed after incurring additional direct labor costs of P2,000
and P4,000, respectively
* Wages paid to production employees during January totaled P25,000.
* Depreciation for the month of January totaled P10,000.
* Utilities bills in the amount of P10,000 were paid for December 2022 operations.
* Utilities bills totaling P12,000 were received for January operations.
* Supplies costing P2,000 were used.
* Miscellaneous overhead expenses totaled P24,000 for January.
Actual overhead is applied to individual jobs at the end of each month using a rate based on actual direct
labor costs.
Required: