ECONOMICS

Detailed explanation-1: -When the amount of overapplied factory overhead is significant, the entry to close overapplied factory overhead will most likely require. A. A debit to cost of goods sold.

Detailed explanation-2: -When overhead has been overapplied, the proper accounting is to debit the manufacturing overhead cost pool and credit the cost of goods sold in the amount of the overapplication. Doing so results in the actual amount of overhead incurred being charged through the cost of goods sold.

Detailed explanation-3: -If overhead is overapplied, more overhead has been applied to inventory than has actually been incurred. Enough overhead must be removed retroactively from Cost of Goods Sold (and perhaps ending inventories) to eliminate this discrepancy. Since Cost of Goods Sold is decreased, overapplied overhead increases net income.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overapplied overhead occurs when expenses incurred are actually less than what a company accounts for in its budget. This means that a company comes in under budget and achieves a lower amount of overhead costs during the accounting period. Businesses must account for overapplied overheads as well.

Detailed explanation-5: -Overapplied or underapplied overhead is caused by errors in estimating the predetermined overhead rate. These errors can occur in the numerator (budgeted manufacturing overhead), or in the denominator (budgeted level of the cost driver).