Answer:
Waterway Company
Journal entry:
Debit Cost of goods sold $9,800
Credit Manufacturing overhead expense $9,800
To assign the underapplied overhead to cost of goods sold.
Explanation:
a) Data and calculations:
Estimated overhead costs = $346,775
Estimated machine usage = 126,100 hours
Overhead rate applied = $346,775/126,100 = $2.75 per hour
Actual overhead costs = $369,500
Actual machine usage = 130,800 hours
Actual overhead rate = $369,500/130,800 = $2.82
Overhead was underapplied by the difference between actual overhead costs applied and actual overhead.
Actual overhead applied = $2.75 x 130,800 = $359,700
Actual overhead costs = $369,500
Difference (underapplied) is $9,800
When the overhead is underapplied or overapplied because of the rate used based on actual usage, the underapplied overhead is a debit or credit to the cost of goods sold respectively. Â While underapplied overhead increases the cost of goods sold, overapplied reduces the cost of goods sold by the amount of under- or over-application.