COST ACCOUNTING
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.43P
Overview of general ledger relationships. Estevez Company uses normal costing in its
Beginning Balance 12/1 | Ending Balance 12/30 | |
Materials Control | $ 4,200 | $ 17,000 |
Work-in-Process Control | 13,400 | 18,000 |
Manufacturing Department Overhead Control | — | 188,000 |
Finished Goods Control | 8,800 | 38,800 |
Additional information follows:
- a. Direct materials purchased during December were $132,600
- b. Cost of goods manufactured for December was $468,000.
- c. No direct materials were returned to suppliers.
- d. No units were started or completed on December 31 and no direct materials were requisitioned on December 31.
- e. The
manufacturing labor costs for the December 31 working day, direct manufacturing labor $8,600, and indirect manufacturing labor, $2,800. - f. Manufacturing overhead has been allocated at 110% of direct manufacturing labor costs through December 31.
- 1. Prepare
journal entries for the December 31 payroll.
Required
- 2. Use T-accounts to compute the following:
- a. The total amount of materials requisitioned into work in process during December
- b. The total amount of direct manufacturing labor recorded in work in process during December (Hint: You have to solve requirements 2b and 2c simultaneously)
- c. The total amount of manufacturing overhead recorded in work in process during December
- d. Ending balance in work in process, December 31
- e. Cost of goods sold for December before adjustments for under- or overallocated manufacturing overhead
- 3. Prepare closing journal entries related to manufacturing overhead. Assume that all under- or overallocated manufacturing overhead is closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold.
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