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Tomey Corporation has two production departments, Forming and Finishing. The com

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Tomey Corporation has two production departments, Forming and Finishing. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The Forming Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on machine-hours and the Finishing Department’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the current year, the company had made the following estimates: Forming Finishing Machine-hours 18,000 14,000 Direct labor-hours 2,000 8,000 Total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $ 99,000 $ 70,400 Variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 2.10 Variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 3.70 During the current month the company started and finished Job T617. The following data were recorded for this job: Job T617: Forming Finishing Machine-hours 90 20 Direct labor-hours 30 60 Direct materials $ 940 $ 350 Direct labor cost $ 960 $ 1,920 The total job cost for Job T617 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Multiple Choice $5,604 $2,584 $684 $3,020

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Working

Forming Department

Finishing Department

A

Fixed Overhead

$            99,000.00

$                  70,400.00

Allocation base

machine hours

direct labor hours

B

Amount of allocation base

                      18,000 machine hours

                              8,000 direct labor hours

C = A/B

Fixed overhead rate

$                       5.50 per machine hour

$                             8.80 per direct labor hour

D

Variable overhead rate

$                       2.10 per machine hour

$                             3.70 per direct labor hour

E = C+D

Total Overhead

$                       7.60 per machine hour

$                           12.50 per direct labor hour

F

No. of machine hours for the Job

90 machine hours

NA

G = E x F

Amount of overhead allocated

$                  684.00

NA

H

No. of direct labor hours for the Job

NA

60 direct labor hours

I = E x H

Amount of overhead allocated

NA

$                        750.00

Forming Department

Finishing Department

Total

Direct Material

$                  940.00

$                        350.00

$            1,290.00

Direct labor

$                  960.00

$                     1,920.00

$            2,880.00

Overhead allocated [calculated above]

$                  684.00

$                        750.00

$            1,434.00

Total Job Cost for Job T617

$            5,604.00

Working

Forming Department

Finishing Department

A

Fixed Overhead

$            99,000.00

$                  70,400.00

Allocation base

machine hours

direct labor hours

B

Amount of allocation base

                      18,000 machine hours

                              8,000 direct labor hours

C = A/B

Fixed overhead rate

$                       5.50 per machine hour

$                             8.80 per direct labor hour

D

Variable overhead rate

$                       2.10 per machine hour

$                             3.70 per direct labor hour

E = C+D

Total Overhead

$                       7.60 per machine hour

$                           12.50 per direct labor hour

F

No. of machine hours for the Job

90 machine hours

NA

G = E x F

Amount of overhead allocated

$                  684.00

NA

H

No. of direct labor hours for the Job

NA

60 direct labor hours

I = E x H

Amount of overhead allocated

NA

$                        750.00