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Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of the year and no beginning inventories. It started, completed, and sold only two jobs during the yearJob P and Job Q. The company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated that 4,000 machine-hours would be required for the periods estimated level of production. Sweeten also estimated $25,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead cost for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $1.70 per machine-hour.
Because Sweeten has two manufacturing departmentsMolding and Fabricationit is considering replacing its plantwide overhead rate with departmental rates that would also be based on machine-hours. The company gathered the following additional information to enable calculating departmental overhead rates:
Molding
Fabrication
Total
Estimated total machine-hours used
2,500
1,500
4,000
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead
$ 10,000
$ 15,000
$ 25,000
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour
$ 1.40
$ 2.20
The direct materials cost, direct labor cost, and machine-hours used for Jobs P and Q are as follows:
Job P
Job Q
Direct materials
$ 13,000
$ 8,000
Direct labor cost
$ 21,000
$ 7,500
Actual machine-hours used:
Molding
1,700
800
Fabrication
600
900
Total
2,300
1,700
Sweeten Company had no overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the year.
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For questions 18, assume that Sweeten Company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. For questions, 915, assume that the company uses predetermined departmental overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments.
15. What is Sweeten Companys cost of goods sold for the year?
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations.
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