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Recording Manufacturing Costs and Analyzing Manufacturing
Hamilton Custom Cabinet Company uses a job order cost system with overhead applied as a percentage of direct labor costs. Inventory balance at the beginning of 2016 follow:
The following transactions occurred during January:
a. Purchased materials on account for $42,000.
b. Issued materials to production totaling $45,000, 85 percent of which was traced to specific jobs and the remainder of which was treated as indirect materials.
c. Payroll costs totaling $30,000 were recorded as follows:
$17,300 for assembly workers
8,400 for factory supervision
2,500 for administrative personnel
1,800 for sales commissions
d. Recorded depreciation: $9,000 for machines and $25,000 for the copier used in the administrative Office.
e. Recorded $9,000 of expired insurance. Sixty percent was insurance on the manufacturing facility, with the remainder classified as an administrative expense.
f. Paid $7,900 in other
g. Applied manufacturing overhead at a rate of 200 percent of direct labor cost.
h. Completed all jobs but one; the
$7,000 for direct labor, and $14,000 for applied overhead.
i. Solid jobs costing $40,000 during the period; the company adds a 25 percent markup on cost to determine the sales price.
Determine how much gross profit the company would report during the month of January before any adjustment is made for the overhead balance.

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