On March 1, a dressmaker starts work on three different custom-designed wedding dresses. The company uses job order costing and applies overhead to each job (dress) at the rate of 45% of direct materials costs. During the month, the jobs used direct materials as shown below. Compute the amount of overhead applied to each of the three jobs. Direct materials used Job 1 Job 2 Job 3 Overhead Applied Job 1 $ 6,600 Job 2 $ 8,600 Job 3 $ 3,100
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
![On March 1, a dressmaker starts work on three different custom-designed wedding dresses. The company uses job order costing and applies overhead to each job (dress) at the rate of 45% of direct materials costs. During the month, the jobs used direct materials as shown below. Compute the amount of overhead applied to each of the three jobs.
| | **Job 1** | **Job 2** | **Job 3** |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Direct materials used | $6,600 | $8,600 | $3,100 |
**Diagram Explanation:**
A table is provided to record the computation of overhead applied to each job. The table includes columns for Job 1, Job 2, and Job 3, and a single row labeled "Direct materials used" with values corresponding to each job. The diagram also includes a section labeled "Overhead Applied" to be filled out based on the calculation at the given rate of 45% of the direct materials cost.
To compute the overhead:
- For Job 1: $6,600 x 45% = $2,970
- For Job 2: $8,600 x 45% = $3,870
- For Job 3: $3,100 x 45% = $1,395
These calculations determine the overhead cost assigned for each dress-making job.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbbafb6e3-06c1-4285-af0e-5698eefe9a50%2F7e10a095-c428-4ac1-a191-6c264a9aa1bb%2Fd4uoa5_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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