Larry’s Lawn Services provides custom landscaping for homes and businesses and uses job
order costing to capture the cost of its landscaping jobs. There are no jobs in process at the
beginning of May. Listed below are data concerning the three landscaping jobs conducted
during May.

Southside Oceanview Rocky Heights
Direct materials $5,450 $7,635 $6,480
Landscaper labor costs $4,810 $5,980 $5,525
Landscaper hours 74 92 85
Overhead costs are applied to jobs on the basis of landscaper hours, and the predetermined
overhead rate is $60 per landscaper hour. The Southside job is the only incomplete job at the
end of May. Actual overhead for the month was $15,400.
Instructions
(a) Determine the cost of each job.
(b) Indicate the balance of the Landscape Contracts in Process account at the end of May.
(c) Calculate the ending balance of the Operating Overhead account for May.
(d) During May, Larry is approached by the owner of Mountain Estates who would like to
contract with Larry’s company. Larry is working to prepare the bid for Mountain Estates
and has the following information: Direct materials, $10,450 and Landscaper hours, 125
hours. Analyze the financial information provided for Southside, Oceanview and Rocky
Heights and help Larry complete his bid by estimating the total cost of the Mountain
Estates job.