(f) Compute Elite’s gross profit earned on the jobs sold, after adjusting for the manufacturing overhead variance
(g) Post the appropriate entries to Work in Process Inventory account & determine the account balance on March 31, the end of the quarter.
Extracted text: Elite Home Decor manufactures customized household furnishings. The company uses a perpetual inventory system and has a highly labour intensive production process, so it assigns manufacturing overhead based on direct labour cost. Elite expects to incur $2,205,000 of manufacturing overhead costs and estimated direct labour costs of $3,150,000 during 2020. At the end of December 2019, Elite reported work in process inventory (Job 551) of $93,000 The following events occurred during January - March 2020. i) Purchased materials on account, $392,000 ii) Incurred manufacturing wages of $400,000 iii) Requisitioned direct materials and used direct labour in manufacturing Direct Materials Direct Labour Job 551 $70,200 $61,200 Job 552 97,500 115,600 Job 553 105,300 78,200 Job 554 117,000 85,000 iv) Issued indirect materials to production, $30,000 v) Charged indirect manufacturing wages to production, $60,000 vi) Depreciation of production machinery, $85,000 vii) Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred on units 551 to 554 amounted to $49,000 vii)Allocated overheads to jobs at the predetermined rate ix) Units completed: 551, 552 & 554 x) Sold units 551 & 554 (billed customers at a margin of 333% on sales)