[SOLVED] Question & Answer: Bunnell Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. On January 1, the company’s inventory balances were as follows:

Bunnell Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. On January 1, the company’s inventory balances were as follows: The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of direct labor-hours. For the current year, the company’s predetermined overhead rate of $11.00 per direct labor-hour was based on a cost formula that estimated $440,000 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 40,000 direct labor-hours. The following transactions were recorded for the year: a. Raw materials were purchased on account, $694,000. b. Raw materials use in production, $644,800. All of of the raw materials were used as direct materials. c. The following costs were accrued for employee services: direct labor, $390,000: indirect labor, $150,000: selling and administrative salaries, $246,000. d. Incurred various selling and administrative expenses (e.g., advertising, sales travel costs, and finished goods warehousing), $430,000. e. Incurred various manufacturing overhead costs (e.g., depreciation, insurance, and utilities), $290,000. f. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production. The company actually worked 41,000 direct labor-hours on all jobs during the year. g. Jobs costing $1,403,100 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed during the year. h. Jobs were sold on account to customers during the year for a total of $2,827,500. The jobs cost $1,413,100 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets.