Bibby Auto Shop uses a normal job-costing system to allocate overhead on the basis of labour hours. For the current year, Bibby estimated that the total overhead costs would be $72,000 and that the total labour hours would be 2,400. At the end of the year, Bibby obtained the actual overhead costs from the ledger and found that the shop had incurred $65,800 and had worked 2,350 labour hours. Predetermined (budgeted) overhead rate.
Overhead Rate $30
overhead amount that was applied for the year.
Overhead amount $4700 over applied
Prepare the journal entry to close the overhead account. Assume that the underapplied and overapplied overhead was not material. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry Required" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit