At the end of the year, overhead applied was $42,000,000. Actual overhead was $40,300,000. Closing over/underapplied overhead into Cost of Goods Sold would cause net income to

Hence, closing over  overhead into Cost of Goods Sold would cause net income to increase by $ 1,700,000

Explanation:

Overheads are charged to units produced by the means of using an estimated overhead absorption rate. This rate is computed using budgeted overhead and budgeted activity level.

As a result of this, overhead charged to total units product might be over or under absorbed compared to the actual amount incurred.

Over applied overhead = Applied overhead - Actual overhead

                                     = 42,000,000 - 40,300,00 =  1,700,000

Over applied overhead = $ 1,700,000

The adjustment required is to reduce the cost of gods sold by the amount of over-applied overhead because the cost of goods sold figure is would have over charged.

Hence, closing over  overhead into Cost of Goods Sold would cause net income to increase by $ 1,700,000 because net income and cost of Goods Sold are inversely related.