Problem - Cedar Hills Company produces reproductions of antique furniture at a plant located in rural North Dakota. Because there are hundreds of potential products, some of which are made only to order, the company uses a job-order costing system. On January 1, the start of the company's fiscal year, inventory account balances were as follows:
Raw Materials
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31,800
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Work in Process
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29,000
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Finished Goods
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18,600
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The company applies overhead costs to jobs on the basis of machine-hours.
- estimated total machine-hours of plant operation this year - 38,500 hours
- estimated total manufacturing overhead costs to be incurred this year - 196,350
Transactions occurring during the year:
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AMOUNT
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a. Raw materials purchased on account
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156,800
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b. Raw materials requisitioned for use in production
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169,400
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portion of total chargeable directly to jobs
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106,800
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c. Costs for employee services were incurred as follows:
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Direct
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128,900
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Indirect
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49,000
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Sales Commissions
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76,750
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Administrative Salaries
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49,240
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d. Prepaid insurance expired during the year
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17,420
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portion related to factory operations (remainder was related to selling & administrative activities)
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10,670
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e. Utility costs incurred in the factory, all paid in cash.
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26,500
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f. Advertising costs incurred on account
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19,500
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g. Depreciation recorded on equipment
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48,800
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portion for equipment used in the factory (remaining amount was for equipment used in selling & administrative activities)
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43,600
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h. Manufacturing overhead was applied to production.
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Machine hours of operating time during the year 39,600 hours
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i. Manufactured goods were transferred into the finished goods warehouse.
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Costs for transferred goods according to job cost sheets
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442,660
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j. Sales (all on account) to customers during the year
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695,000
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Cost of Goods Sold
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433,260
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REQUIRED:
A. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions listed above.
B. Use the supplied T-Accounts for the inventories, Manufacturing Overhead, and Cost of Goods Sold to post the relevant data from your journal entries to the T-Accounts. (Don't forget to enter the beginning balances in your inventory accounts.) Compute an ending balance in each account.
C. Is Manufacturing Overhead underapplied or overapplied for the year? Explain.
D. Prepare a journal entry to cost any balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of Goods Sold.
E. Prepare an income statement for the year. It is not necessary to prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. All information for the income statement is available in the journal entries and T-Accounts.