Swifty Wings, Inc. manufactures airplanes for use in stunt

Swifty Wings, Inc. manufactures airplanes for use in stunt shows. Swifty factory is highly automated, using the latest in robotic technology. To keep costs low, the company employs as few factory workers as possible. Since each plane has different features (such as its shape, weight, and color), Swifty uses a job order costing system to accumulate product costs.

At the end of 2019, Swifty accountants developed the following expectations for 2020 based on the marketing department’s sales forecast:

Budgeted overhead cost

$1,141,000

Estimated machine hours

46,000

Estimated direct labor hours

8,000

Estimated direct materials cost

$1,510,000

Swifty inventory count, completed on December 31, 2019, revealed the following ending inventory balances:

Raw Materials Inventory

$251,000

Work in Process Inventory

$625,000

Finished Goods Inventory

$1,590,000

The company’s 2020 payroll data revealed the following actual payroll costs for the year:

Job Title

Number
Employed

Wage Rate
per Hour

Annual
Salary per
Employee

Total Hours
Worked per
Employee

President and CEO

1

$225,000

Vice president and CFO

1

$177,000

Factory manager

1

$40,600

Assistant factory manager

1

$32,200

Machine operator

5

$14.50

2,250

Security guard, factory

2

$20,100

Materials handler

2

$7.50

2,000

Corporate secretary

1

$36,900

Janitor, factory

2

$6

2,150

The following information was taken from Swifty Schedule of Plant Assets. All assets are depreciated using the straight-line method.

Plant Asset

Purchase Price

Salvage Value

Useful Life

Factory building

$4,000,000

$150,000

20 Years

Administrative office

$650,000

$125,000

30 Years

Factory equipment

$2,000,000

$20,000

12 Years

Other miscellaneous costs for 2020 all paid in cash included:

Cost

Amount

Factory insurance

$12,800

Administrative office utilities

$5,300

Factory utilities

$31,800

Office supplies

$4,100

Additional information about Swifty operations in 2020 includes the following:

Raw materials purchases for the year amounted to $1,945,000. All purchases were on account.

The company used $1,860,000 in raw materials during the year. Of that amount, 85% was direct materials and 15% was indirect materials.

Swifty applied overhead to Work in Process Inventory based on direct materials cost.

Airplanes costing $3,450,000 to manufacture were completed and transferred out of Work in Process Inventory.

Swifty uses a markup of 80% to price its airplanes. Sales for the year were $6,570,000.
(Note: This transaction requires two journal entries.)

All sales were on account.

What was Swifty predetermined overhead rate in 2020? (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.45%.)

Predetermined overhead rate

% of direct materials cost

Show List of Accounts

Prepare the appropriate T-accounts for Raw Materials Inventory, Work-in-Process Inventory, Finished Goods Inventory, Manufacturing Overhead Control, Cost of Goods Sold, and Sales, and record Swifty transactions for 2020. (Post entries in order presented in the problem. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 345,000.)

Raw Materials

Work in Process Inventory

Finished Goods Inventory

Manufacturing Overhead

Cost of Goods Sold

Sales Revenue

Was manufacturing under- or overapplied in 2020? By how much? (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 345,000.)

Overheads

Make the adjusting entry necessary to close the under- or overapplied overhead to cost of goods sold. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 345,000.)

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

 

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