{"id":185750,"date":"2025-01-23T05:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T05:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=185750"},"modified":"2025-01-23T05:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T05:32:36","slug":"in-the-vasquez-company-any-over-or-underapplied-overhead-is-closed-out-to-cost-of-goods-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/23\/in-the-vasquez-company-any-over-or-underapplied-overhead-is-closed-out-to-cost-of-goods-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Vasquez Company, any over- or underapplied overhead is closed out to Cost of Goods Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the Vasquez Company, any over- or underapplied overhead is closed out to Cost of Goods Sold. Last year, the company incurred $27,000 in actual manufacturing overhead cost, and applied $29,000 of overhead cost to jobs. The beginning and ending balances of Finished Goods were equal, and the Company&#8221;s Cost of Goods Manufactured for the year totaled $71,000. Given this information, Cost of Goods Sold, after adjustment for any over- or underapplied overhead, for the year must have been:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A) $98,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B) $73,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C) $71,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D) $69,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>D) $69,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to calculate the adjusted <strong>Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)<\/strong>, we need to account for any over- or underapplied manufacturing overhead. The company applies overhead to jobs based on a predetermined rate, and any difference between the actual overhead incurred and the overhead applied to jobs needs to be closed out to <strong>COGS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Determine the over- or underapplied overhead.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We are told that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Actual Manufacturing Overhead<\/strong> = $27,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Applied Manufacturing Overhead<\/strong> = $29,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To find whether the company has overapplied or underapplied overhead, we subtract the actual from the applied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Over- or Underapplied Overhead} = \\text{Applied Overhead} &#8211; \\text{Actual Overhead} = 29,000 &#8211; 27,000 = 2,000<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the applied overhead is higher than the actual overhead, this means the company has <strong>overapplied<\/strong> its overhead by $2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Adjust COGS.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the information provided, any overapplied or underapplied overhead is closed out to <strong>Cost of Goods Sold<\/strong>. Since the company has overapplied its overhead by $2,000, the COGS must be <strong>reduced<\/strong> by that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also told that the <strong>Cost of Goods Manufactured (COGM)<\/strong> for the year is $71,000. Since the beginning and ending balances of Finished Goods are the same, the COGS before the adjustment is equal to the COGM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the <strong>unadjusted COGS<\/strong> is $71,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we adjust the COGS for the overapplied overhead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Adjusted COGS} = \\text{Unadjusted COGS} &#8211; \\text{Overapplied Overhead}<br>]<br>[<br>\\text{Adjusted COGS} = 71,000 &#8211; 2,000 = 69,000<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the adjusted <strong>Cost of Goods Sold<\/strong> for the year is <strong>$69,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the correct answer is <strong>D) $69,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Vasquez Company, any over- or underapplied overhead is closed out to Cost of Goods Sold. Last year, the company incurred $27,000 in actual manufacturing overhead cost, and applied $29,000 of overhead cost to jobs. 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