The Polaris Company uses a job-order costing system. The following data relate to October, the first month

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The Polaris Company uses a job-order costing system. The following data relate to October, the first month of the company's fiscal year.
(a) Raw materials purchased on account, £210,000.
(b) Raw materials issued to production, £190,000 (£178,000 direct materials and £12,000 indirect materials).
(c) Direct labour cost incurred, £90,000; indirect labour cost incurred, £110,000.
(d) Depreciation recorded on factory equipment, £40,000.
(e) Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred during October, £70,000 (credit Accounts receivable).
(f) The company applies manufacturing overhead cost to production on the basis of £8 per machine-hour.
There were 30,000 machine-hours recorded for October.
(g) Production orders costing £520,000 according to their job cost sheets were completed during October and transferred to Finished Goods.
(h) Production orders that had cost £480,000 to complete according to their job cost sheets were shipped to customers during the month. These goods were sold at 25% above cost. The goods were sold on account.

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1. Prepare journal entries to record the information given above.
2. Prepare T-accounts for Manufacturing Overhead and Work in Progress. Post the relevant information above to each account. Compute the ending balance in each account, assuming that Work in Progress has a beginning balance

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Management Accounting

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