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Job Costing Examples, Practical Problems and Solutions

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Problem 1

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Problem 4

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Problem 1
Job No. 58 passes through three departments: X, Y, and Z. The following information is given
regarding this job:

Required: Calculate the cost of Job No. 58 from the above figures. Have a question for a
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Note: Calculation of overheads chargeable to Job No. 58 was made as follows:

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The expenses shown below were incurred for a job during the year ended on 31 March 2019.
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The total price for the above job was $180,000.

Required:

You are required to prepare a statement showing the profit earned from the job during the
year ended 31 March 2019, as well as an estimated price of a job which is to be executed in the
year 2019-20.

You should charge the same percentage of profit on sales as was the case for the the year
2019-20. Materials, wages, and chargeable expenses will be required at $50,000,
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The various overheads should be recovered on the following basis while calculating the estimated
price:

Factory overheads as a percentage of direct wages

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Administrative and selling and distribution overheads as a percentage of factory cost

Solution

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Note: Calculation of overheads rates and percentage of profit on sales took place as follows:

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Problem 3
M/s. Perfect Printers Ltd. operates a printing press. During November 2019, the plant was operating at
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full capacity. The material and labor costs of Job No. 101 and all other jobs worked on a question for a
in November
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In addition to these costs, factory overheads incurred in November amounted to $44,000. Overhead is
allocated to production based on direct labor costs.

Required:

Show the factory's profit or loss on Job No. 101 using two different methods of accounting for
overtime premium. Assume that the contract price for the job is $40,000.

Indicate under what circumstances each method should be used.

State whether the profit or loss of the company during November would be affected by the
choice of one method or another.

Solution

Factory Overhead Recovery Rate = (Factory Overhead / Direct Labor Cost) x 100
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Task 1A

If the overtime premium is fully charged to Job No. 101, the job cost sheet would be prepared as
shown below.

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Task 1B

If the overtime premium is charged pro-rata to all jobs, the job cost sheet would be prepared as
follows:

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Task 2

The overtime premium should be charged fully to Job No. 101 if it was a rush job and it was done at
the request of the customer.

However, if the overtime work was due to limited production capacity and it was accidental that Job
No. 101 was undertaken during the overtime, then the overtime premium should be charged pro-rata
to all jobs.

Task 3

The company's profit and loss during November will be affected by the choice of any method if all the
jobs performed during the month are not completed by the end of the month.

If the overtime premium is fully charged to Job No. 101 but is not completed by 30 November 2019,
then the loss on the job will not be included in the account for November 2019.

Similarly, if the overtime premium is charged pro-rata to all the jobs, the profit or loss on any job that
remains incomplete will be carried over to the next month.

Problem 4
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The respective job accounts showed the following balances in the contract ledger on 30 November
2019.

Job No. 201 = $321,580

Job No. 202 = $141,865

A certificate of completion was obtained for Job No. 201. Of the balance of this account standing on
30 November 2019, $61,500 was in respect of plant and machinery. The remainder consisted of wages
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A machine costing $5,500, specially brought for this contract, was also sold for $2,000 here.
December
2019.

For the remainder of the balance on plant and machinery, $40,000 was used on the job for 8 months
and the rest for 6 months.

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Of the former, 50% was transferred to Job No. 202 and the whole of the remaining plant was returned
to stores. The contract price for Job No. 201 was fixed at $375,000.

Required:

Prepare contract accounts for Job Nos. 1 and 2 and state the profit made on jobs certified as
completed.

Allow depreciation on machinery at 15% per annum. Assume 10% for establishment charges
on the cost of wages and materials consumed.

Solution

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Working

1. Establishment charges in respect of Job No. 201 A/c were calculated as follows:

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2. Depreciation on plant and value of plant returned to stores were calculated as follows:

3. A plant costing $40,000 was used for 8 months and a plant costing $16,000 was used for 6 months:

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4. Half of the plant, with a total depreciated value of $36,000, was transferred to Job No. 202:

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Job Costing Examples, Practical Problems and Solutions FAQs

What is job costing?

Job costing is the method of allocating production costs to specific jobs.

What is a job cost sheet?

A job cost sheet is prepared when the actual manufacturing costs are known. The information can be
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What are some advantages of job costing?

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Some of the main advantages of job costing over process costing include: job costing allocates overhead
based on production volume, provides greater accuracy in assigning a cost to products, and differentiates
between variable and fixed costs.

What information is included in a job cost sheet?

A job cost sheet should contain the job name, units started and units finished on each job, and direct
materials used on the job

What is job-order costing?

Job order costing is a method of accounting for manufacturing costs using a specially designed set of
accounts. It is based on the assumption that manufacturing activities are undertaken to fulfill specific
customer orders or contracts.

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True is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance (CEPF®), author of The Handy Financial Ratios Guide,
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