Question

1.  Forest Components makes aircraft parts. The following transactions occurred in July:

Purchased $16,830 of materials on account.

Issued $16,790 in direct materials to the production department.

Issued $1,310 of supplies from the materials inventory.

Paid for the materials purchased in transaction (1) using cash.

Returned $2,160 of the materials issued to production in (2) to the materials inventory.

Direct labor employees earned $32,000, which was paid in cash.

Paid $17,220 for miscellaneous items for the manufacturing plant. Accounts Payable was credited.

Recognized depreciation on manufacturing plant of $35,500.

Applied manufacturing overhead for the month.

Forest uses normal costing. It applies overhead on the basis of direct labor costs using an annual, predetermined rate. At the beginning of the year, management estimated that direct labor costs for the year would be $434,900. Estimated overhead for the year was $421,853.

The following balances appeared in the inventory accounts of Forest Components for July:

	Beginning			Ending
Materials Inventory		?		$	12,450
Work-in-Process Inventory		?			10,510
Finished Goods Inventory	$	2,600			6,980
Cost of Goods Sold		?			74,000

Required:

a. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Answer 1

predeternined overhead rate
estimated overhead/estimated direct labor costs
421853/434900
97%
TR	General journal				Debit	Credit
1)	Raw materials inventory				16,830
	Accounts payable					16,830
2)	Work in process inventory				16,790
	Raw materials inventory					16,790
3)	manufacturing overhead				1,310
	Raw materials inventory					1,310
4)	Accounts payable				16,830
	cash					16,830
5)	Raw materials inventory				2,160
	work in process inventory					2,160
6)	work in process inventory				32,000
	cash					32,000
7)	manufacturing overhead				17,220
	Accounts payable					17,220
8)	Manufacturing overhead				35,500
	Accumulated depreciation					35,500
9)	work in process inventory				31040
	applied Manufacturing overhead					31,040
	(32,000*97%)