Question: BE 3-5 Cost Flows in an ABC System [LO5] Larker Corporation implemented activity-based costing several years ago and uses it for its external financial reports.
BE 3-5 Cost Flows in an ABC System [LO5]
| Larker Corporation implemented activity-based costing several years ago and uses it for its external financial reports. The company has four activity cost pools, which are listed below. |
| Activity Cost Pool | Activity Rate | ||
| Machine related | $ | 24 | per MH |
| Purchase orders | $ | 89 | per order |
| Machine setups | $ | 175 | per setup |
| General factory | $ | 17 | per DLH |
| At the beginning of the year, the company had inventory balances as follows: |
| Raw materials | $ | 34,000 |
| Work in process | $ | 31,405 |
| Finished goods | $ | 57,900 |
| Selected transactions recorded by the company during the year are given below: |
| a. | Raw materials were purchased on account, $857,000. |
| b. | Raw materials were requisitioned for use in production, $851,000 ($697,820 direct and $153,180 indirect). |
| c. | Labor costs were incurred in the factory, $384,000 ($307,200 direct labor and $76,800 indirect labor). |
| d. | Depreciation was recorded on factory assets, $215,000. |
| e. | Miscellaneous manufacturing overhead costs were incurred, $190,000. |
| f. | Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production. Actual activity during the year was as follows: |
| Activity Cost Pool | Actual Activity | |
| Machine related | 4,600 | MHs |
| Purchase orders | 800 | orders |
| Machine setups | 500 | setups |
| General factory | 27,000 | DLHs |
| g. | Completed products were transferred to the company's finished goods warehouse. According to the company's costing system, these products cost $1,588,072. |
| Requirement 1: |
| Prepare journal entries to record transactions (a) through (g) above. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
| General Journal | Debit | Credit | |
| a. | (Click to select)Wages payableWork in processRaw materialsAccounts payableManufacturing overhead | ||
| (Click to select)Raw materialsWages payableAccounts payableWork in processManufacturing overhead | |||
| b. | (Click to select)Raw materialsAccounts payableManufacturing overheadWork in processWages payable | ||
| (Click to select)Work in processAccounts payableRaw materialsManufacturing overheadWages payable | |||
| (Click to select)Wages payableAccounts payableWork in processRaw materialsManufacturing overhead | |||
| c. | (Click to select)Accounts payableWages payableRaw materialsManufacturing overheadWork in process | ||
| (Click to select)Accounts payableWork in processRaw materialsWages payableManufacturing overhead | |||
| (Click to select)Raw materialsWages payableAccounts payableWork in processManufacturing overhead | |||
| d. | (Click to select)Accounts payableAccumulated depreciationWork in processFinished goodsManufacturing overhead | ||
| (Click to select)Accounts payableFinished goodsManufacturing overheadAccumulated depreciationWork in process | |||
| e. | (Click to select)Accumulated depreciationFinished goodsManufacturing overheadWork in processAccounts payable | ||
| (Click to select)Accounts payableManufacturing overheadWork in processAccumulated depreciationFinished goods | |||
| f. | (Click to select)Work in processAccounts payableManufacturing overheadAccumulated depreciationFinished goods | ||
| (Click to select)Manufacturing overheadFinished goodsAccumulated depreciationAccounts payableWork in process | |||
| g. | (Click to select)Finished goodsAccumulated depreciationManufacturing overheadAccounts payableWork in process | ||
| (Click to select)Manufacturing overheadFinished goodsWork in processAccounts payableAccumulated depreciation | |||
| Requirement 2: |
| Post the entries in part (1) above to T-accounts.(Record the transactions in the given order. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
| Raw Materials |
| Beg. Bal. | (Click to select)(g)(d)(a)(e)(b)(f)(c) | |||
| (Click to select)(e)(f)(c)(b)(d)(a)(g) | ||||
| End. Bal. | ||||
| Work in Process |
| Beg. Bal. | (Click to select)(e)(g)(a)(b)(f)(d)(c) | |||
| (Click to select)(d)(b)(c)(f)(e)(a)(g) | ||||
| (Click to select)(g)(a)(c)(d)(b)(f)(e) | ||||
| (Click to select)(b)(a)(d)(e)(g)(c)(f) | ||||
| End. Bal. | ||||
| Finished Goods |
| Beg. Bal. | ||||
| (Click to select)(d)(e)(b)(f)(c)(a)(g) | ||||
| End. Bal. | ||||
| Accumulated Depreciation |
| (Click to select)(c)(g)(e)(d)(f)(a)(b) | ||||
| Accounts Payable |
| (Click to select)(b)(c)(e)(d)(g)(f)(a) | ||||
| (Click to select)(e)(d)(g)(f)(b)(a)(c) | ||||
| End. Bal. | ||||
| Wages Payable |
| (Click to select)(e)(g)(f)(b)(c)(a)(d) | ||||
| Manufacturing Overhead |
| (Click to select)(a)(g)(e)(b)(d)(f)(c) | (Click to select)(e)(d)(b)(c)(a)(g)(f) | |||
| (Click to select)(e)(b)(a)(g)(c)(f)(d) | ||||
| (Click to select)(e)(d)(g)(c)(b)(a)(f) | ||||
| (Click to select)(f)(b)(g)(c)(e)(d)(a) | ||||
| End. Bal. | ||||
| Requirement 3: |
| Compute the underapplied or overapplied overhead cost in the Manufacturing Overhead account. (Input all amounts as positive values. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
| (Click to select)UnderappliedOverapplied overhead | $ |
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