please answer a b and c Kim's Asphalt does driveway and parking lot resurfacing work for large commercial clients as well as small residential clients. An inventory of materials and equipment is on hand at all times so that work can start as quickly as possible. Special equipment is ordered as required. On May 1, the Materials and Equipment Inventory account had a balance of $47,000. The Work-in-Process Inventory account is maintained to record costs of work not yet complete. There were two such jobs on May 1 with the following costs.   Job 27 Highlands Mall Job 33 Pine Ridge Estates Materials and equipment $ 17,025   $ 53,600   Direct labor   14,600     26,800   Overhead (applied)   5,840     10,720     Overhead has been applied at 40 percent of the costs of direct labor. During May, Kim's Asphalt started two new jobs. Additional work was carried out on Jobs 27 and 33, with the latter completed and billed to Pine Ridge Estates. Details on the costs incurred on jobs during May follow.   job   27     33     34     35                             Materials and equipment $ 4,100   $ 5,900   $ 5,700   $ 4,000   Direct labor (wages payable)   5,600     7,850     7,000     2,700                             Other May Events Received $13,600 payment on Job 24 delivered to customer in April. Purchased materials and equipment for $10,500 on account. Billed Pine Ridge Estates $141,000 and received payment for $130,000 of that amount. Determined that payroll for indirect labor personnel totaled $760. Issued supplies and incidental materials for current jobs costing $265. Recorded overhead and advertising costs for the operation as follows (all cash except equipment depreciation).           Property taxes $ 660   Storage area rental   785   Truck and delivery cost   430   Advertising and promotion campaign   710   Inspections   310   Telephone and other miscellaneous   435   Equipment depreciation   560     Required: a. Prepare journal entries to record the flow of costs for operations during May. b. Calculate the amount of over- or underapplied overhead for the month. c. Determine inventory balances for Materials and Equipment Inventory and Work-in-process inventory.

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Kim's Asphalt does driveway and parking lot resurfacing work for large commercial clients as well as small residential clients. An inventory of materials and equipment is on hand at all times so that work can start as quickly as possible. Special equipment is ordered as required. On May 1, the Materials and Equipment Inventory account had a balance of $47,000. The Work-in-Process Inventory account is maintained to record costs of work not yet complete. There were two such jobs on May 1 with the following costs.

  Job 27
Highlands Mall
Job 33
Pine Ridge Estates
Materials and equipment $ 17,025   $ 53,600  
Direct labor   14,600     26,800  
Overhead (applied)   5,840     10,720  
 

Overhead has been applied at 40 percent of the costs of direct labor.

During May, Kim's Asphalt started two new jobs. Additional work was carried out on Jobs 27 and 33, with the latter completed and billed to Pine Ridge Estates. Details on the costs incurred on jobs during May follow.

 

job   27     33     34     35  
                         
Materials and equipment $ 4,100   $ 5,900   $ 5,700   $ 4,000  
Direct labor (wages payable)   5,600     7,850     7,000     2,700  
                         

Other May Events

  1. Received $13,600 payment on Job 24 delivered to customer in April.
  2. Purchased materials and equipment for $10,500 on account.
  3. Billed Pine Ridge Estates $141,000 and received payment for $130,000 of that amount.
  4. Determined that payroll for indirect labor personnel totaled $760.
  5. Issued supplies and incidental materials for current jobs costing $265.
  6. Recorded overhead and advertising costs for the operation as follows (all cash except equipment depreciation).

 

       
Property taxes $ 660  
Storage area rental   785  
Truck and delivery cost   430  
Advertising and promotion campaign   710  
Inspections   310  
Telephone and other miscellaneous   435  
Equipment depreciation   560  
 

Required:

a. Prepare journal entries to record the flow of costs for operations during May.

b. Calculate the amount of over- or underapplied overhead for the month.

c. Determine inventory balances for Materials and Equipment Inventory and Work-in-process inventory.

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