Sankalp Industries absorbs factory overhead costs at Rs. 2.50 per direct labour hour. Both opening and closing balances of WIP and finished goods inventories are zero.

Following are the data available for a year and the fact is that all goods produced have been sold.

Direct labour hours used

50,000

Direct labour cost

Rs. 1,00,000

Indirect labour cost

Rs. 25,000

Indirect materials cost

Rs. 10,000

Depreciation of plant & equipment

Rs. 50,000

Miscellaneous factory overheads

Rs. 50,000

Assuming that all goods produced have been sold:

  1. calculate the factory overheads incurred and factory overheads absorbed: and
  2. pass a journal entry for disposing of over- or under-absorbed factory overheads.