The following events occurred over the course of a year at Bagby Corp., which uses a job
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The following events occurred over the course of a year at Bagby Corp., which uses a job order costing system:
1. Direct materials purchases totaled $583,000.
2. $132,000 of indirect materials were used in production. Bagby uses a separate Supplies Inventory account for indirect materials.
3. $569,000 of direct materials were used in production.
4. The direct labor payroll was $791,000 (credit Wages Payable).
5. Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred during the year totaled $690,000.
6. Bagby applies overhead based on a predetermined overhead rate of $21 per machine hour. The company used 51,000 machine hours during the year.
7. During the year, Bagby transferred goods costing $2,410,000 into the Finished Goods Inventory account.
8. Bagby sold products with a manufacturing cost of $2,398,000 to customers during the year.
Required
a. Prepare journal entries to record these events.
b. Prepare T-accounts for the following accounts: Direct Materials Inventory, Work in Process Inventory, Manufacturing Overhead Control, and Finished Goods Inventory. Record the transactions from part (a) in the T-accounts and calculate ending account balances. Assume the following beginning account balances:
Account Balance
Direct Materials Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,000
Work in Process Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,000
Finished Goods Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . $48,000
c. Was overhead under-or overapplied for the year? By how much?
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