The Polaris Company uses a job-order costing system. The following transactions occurred in October: Raw materials purchased
Question:
The Polaris Company uses a job-order costing system. The following transactions occurred in October: Raw materials purchased on account, $210,000. Raw materials used in production, $191,000 ($152,800 direct materials and $38,200 indirect materials). Accrued direct labor cost of $50,000 and indirect labor cost of $21,000. Depreciation recorded on factory equipment, $105,000. Other manufacturing overhead costs accrued during October, $131,000. The company applies manufacturing overhead cost to production using a predetermined rate of $10 per machine-hour. A total of 76,400 machine-hours were used in October. Jobs costing $514,000 according to their job cost sheets were completed during October and transferred to Finished Goods. Jobs that had cost $451,000 to complete according to their job cost sheets were shipped to customers during the month. These jobs were sold on account at 30% above cost.
Required:
1. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions given above.
2. Prepare T-accounts for Manufacturing Overhead and Work in Process. Post the relevant transactions from above to each account. Compute the ending balance in each account, assuming that Work in Process has a beginning balance of $36,000.
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077398194
3rd Edition
Authors: William Lanen, Shannon Anderson, Michael Maher