Elite Lawn & Plowing (EL&P) is a lawn and snow plowing service with both residential and commercial clients. The owner believes that the commercial sector has more growth opportunities and is considering dropping the residential service.

Twenty employees worked a total of 41,000 hours last year, 30,000 on residential jobs and 11,000 on commercial jobs. Wages were $16 per hour for all work done. Any materials used are included in overhead as supplies. All overhead is allocated on the basis of labor-hours worked, which is also the basis for customer charges. Because of increased competition for commercial accounts,EL&P can charge $60 per hour for residential work, but only $45 per hour for commercial work.

If overhead for the year was $205,000, what were the profits of the residential and commercial services using labor-hours as the allocation base?

Answer:

Results are below.

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate the predetermined overhead rate:

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= 205,000 / 41,000

Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $5 per direct labor hour

Now, we can calculate the profit of each service:

Residential:

Revenue= 30,000*60= 1,800,000

Direct labor costs= 30,000*16= (480,000)

Overhead= 5*30,000= (150,000)

Gross profit= $1,170,000

Commercial:

Revenue= 11,000*45= 495,000

Direct labor costs= 11,000*16= (176,000)

Overhead= 5*11,000= (55,000)

Gross profit= $264,000

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Materials added $225,000
Conversion costs incurred $45,000
Units completed and transferred out in November $40,000
Units in ending work in process November 30 (20% complete) $25,000
1. What are the equivalent units of production for materials and conversion costs in the Crafting Department for the month of November?
2. What are the costs assigned to the ending work in process inventory on November 30?
3. What are the costs assigned to units completed and transferred out during November?

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Direct materials $180
Direct manufacturing labor 170
Variable manufacturing support 250
Fixed manufacturing support 140
Total manufacturing costs 740
Markup (10% of total manufacturing costs) 74
Estimated selling price $814

Required:
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Date U.S. Dollar per Brazilian Real (BRL)
1-Sep-20 $0.24
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Required:
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A.
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B.
Law of Supply

C.
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D.
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Accounts receivable 195,600
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KINGBIRD CORPORATION Comparative Balance Sheet

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