Bakerston Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing. The company's inventory balances were as follows at the beginning and end of the year:

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Bakerston Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing. The company's inventory balances were as follows at the beginning and end of the year:

 

                          Beginning      Ending

                           Balance       Balance

   Raw materials ........ P14,000       P22,000

   Work in process ......  27,000         9,000

   Finished goods .......  62,000        77,000

 

 

The company applies overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company estimated that it would work 33,000 machine-hours and incur P231,000 in manufacturing overhead cost. The following transactions were recorded for the year:

 

 

 

  • Raw materials were purchased, P315,000.
  • Raw materials were requisitioned for used in production,

      P307,000 (P281,000 direct and P26,000 indirect).

  • The following employee costs were incurred: direct labor,

       P377,000; indirect labor, P96,000; and administrative

       salaries, P172,000.

  • Selling costs, P147,000.
  • Factory utility costs, P10,000.
  • Depreciation for the year was P127,000 of which P120,000

      is related to factory operations and P7,000 is related to

      selling and administrative activities.

  • Manufacturing overhead was applied to jobs. The actual level

      of activity for the year was 34,000 machine-hours.

  • Sales for the year totaled P1,253,000 .
  1. Was the overhead under or overapplied? By how much?
  2. Prepare an income statement for the year in good form. The company closes any under-or overapplied overhead to  Cost of Goods Sold.

 

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