Luxguard Home Paint Company produces exterior latex paint, which it sells in one-gallon containers. The company has two processing departments—Base Fab and Finishing. White paint, which is used as a base for all the company’s paints, is mixed from raw ingredients in the Base Fab Department. Pigments are then added to the basic white paint, the pigmented paint is squirted under pressure into one-gallon containers, and the containers are labeled and packed for shipping in the Finishing Department. Information relating to the company’s operations for April follows:

a. Raw materials used in production: Base Fab Department, $851,000; and Finishing Department, $629,000.

b. Incurred direct labor costs: Base Fab Department, $330,000; and Finishing Department, $270,000.

c. Applied manufacturing overhead cost: Base Fab Department, $665,000; and Finishing Department, $405,000.

d. Transferred basic white paint from the Base Fab Department to the Finishing Department, $1,850,000.

e. Transferred paint that had been prepared for shipping from the Finishing Department to Finished Goods, $3,200,000.

Required:
1. Prepare journal entries to record items

(a) through

(e) above.
2. Post the journal entries from (1) above to T-accounts. The balance in the Base Fab Department’s Work in Process account on April 1 was $150,000; the beginning balance in the Finishing Department’s Work in Process account was $70,000. After posting entries to the T-accounts, find the ending balance in each department’s Work in Process account.
3. Compute the Base Fab Department’s cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for April. Also, compute the Base Fab Department’s cost of the completed units transferred to the next department for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for April. The following additional information is available regarding production in the Base Fab Department during April:

Prepare a cost reconciliation report for April.

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Production data: Units (gallons) in process, April 1: materials 100% complete; labor and overhead 60% complete... Units (gallons) started into production during April. Units (gallons) completed and transferred to the Finishing Department. Units (gallons) In process, April 30: materials 50% complete; 30,000 420,000 370,000 80,000 labor and overhead 25% complete.... Cost data: Work In process Inventory, April 1: Materials Labor Overhead... Total cost of work in process Inventory Cost added during April: Materials. Labor Overhead. Total cost added during April. $ 92,000 21,000 37,000 $150,000 $ 851,000 330,000 665,000 $1,846,000