Calculate the stock of materials control


Question:

Overview of general  ledger relationships.

Budenmayer BV is a small machine shop that uses highly skilled labour and a job-costing system (using normal costing). The total debits and credits in certain accounts just before year-end are as follows:

30 December 2007

Total debits Total credits

Materials Control

€100 000

€70 000

Work-in-Progress Control

320 000

305 000

Manufacturing Department Overhead Control

85 000

-

Finished Goods Control

325 000

300 000

Cost of Goods Sold

300 000

-

Manufacturing Overhead Allocated

-

90 000

All materials purchased are for direct materials. Note that 'total debits' in the stock accounts would include beginning stock balances, if any.

The preceding accounts do not include the following:

a The manufacturing labour costs recapitulation for the 31 December working day: direct manufacturing labour, €5000 and indirect manufacturing labour, €1000.

b Miscellaneous manufacturing overhead incurred on 30 December and 31 December:

€1000.

Additional info r mation

Manufacturing overhead has been allocated as a percentage of direct manufacturing labour costs through 30 December.

Direct materials purchased during 2007 were €85 000.

There were no returns to suppliers.

Direct manufacturing labour costs during 2007 totalled €150 000, not including the

31 December working day described previously.

Required

1 Calculate the stock (31 December 2006) of Materials Control, Work-in-Progress Control and Finished Goods Control. Show T-accounts.

2 Prepare all adjusting and closing journal entries for the preceding accounts. Assume that all under- or overallocated manufacturing overhead is closed directly to Cost of Goods Sold.

3 Calculate the ending stock (31 December 2007), after adjustments and closing, of Materials Control, Work-in-Progress Control and Finished Goods Control.

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