Madtack Company uses a job-order costing system and started the month of
March with three jobs in process. The cost of beginning work in process
plus the costs added during March are shown below:
Job #359 Job #360 Job #361
beginning work in process ..... $4,800 $6,300 $3,500
COSTS ADDED DURING MARCH
direct materials .............. $3,300 $4,100 $4,600
direct labor .................. 5,000 3,000 4,000
Madtack applies overhead to jobs at a rate of 70% of direct materials used.
During March, Madtack completed and sold Job #360. Job #361 was also
completed but was not sold by the end of March. Job #359 was not completed
by the end of March. Madtack's actual overhead cost for the month of March
totaled $9,500.
Calculate Madtack's cost of goods sold for March after the overhead variance
is closed.