The accounting period has just ended and you-in the accounting department-are preparing journal entries for the transactions that took place during the month. Make sure to include entries that affect the COGS account.
- Prepare the proper journal entries in an Excel file, including Notes, and properly update the T-accounts affected by each of the following journal entries.
- $50,000 of direct labor was expended.
- $100,000 of direct materials were used.
- $80,000 was spent on overhead expenses.
- Using the predetermined overhead rate, $60,000 of overhead was charged to the period.
- Was overhead underapplied or overapplied? Explain.
- If there is anything left in the overhead account, what could be done with those dollars?
- Based on this period's results, do you think the predetermined overhead rate should be changed for the rest of the year? Why or why not?