Byrd Company produces one product, a putter called GO-Putter. Byrd uses a standard cost system and determines that it should take one hour of direct labor to produce one GO-Putter. The normal production capacity for this putter is 145,000 units per year. The total budgeted overhead at normal capacity is $1,160,000 comprised of $435,000 of variable costs and $725,000 of fixed costs. Byrd applies overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. During the current year, Byrd produced 79,900 putters, worked 94,400 direct labor hours, and incurred variable overhead costs of $157,882 and fixed overhead costs of $539,908.

a) Compute the predetermined variable overhead rate and the predetermined fixed overhead rate.

b) Compute the applied overhead for Byrd for the year.

c) Compute the total overhead variance.

On january 1, 2018, gless textiles issued $12 million of 9%, 10-year convertible bonds at 101. the bonds pay interest on june 30 and december 31. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 shares of gless’s no par common stock. bonds that are similar in all respects, except that they are nonconvertible, currently are selling at 99 (that is, 99% of face amount). century services purchased 10% of the issue as an investment. on january 1, 2018, gless textiles issued $12 million of 9%, 10-year convertible bonds at 101. the bonds pay interest on june 30 and december 31. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 40 shares of gless’s no par common stock. bonds that are similar in all respects, except that they are nonconvertible, currently are selling at 99 (that is, 99% of face amount). century services purchased 10% of the issue as an investment. 3. on july 1, 2023, when gless’s common stock had a market price of $33 per share, century converted the bonds it held. prepare the journal entries by both gless and century for the conversion of the bonds (book value method).