Question

Closing the Balances in The Variance Accounts at the End of the Year

Yohan Company has the following balances in its direct materials and direct labor variance accounts at year-end:

	Debit	Credit
Direct Materials Price Variance	$14,050
Direct Materials Usage Variance		$1,170
Direct Labor Rate Variance		890
Direct Labor Efficiency Variance	$12,520

Unadjusted Cost of Goods Sold equals $1,520,000, unadjusted Work in Process equals $326,000, and unadjusted Finished Goods equals $180,000.

Required:

1. Assume that the ending balances in the variance accounts are immaterial and prepare the journal entries to close them to Cost of Goods Sold. Note: Close the variances with a debit balance first. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank or enter "0".

	Cost of Goods Sold
	Direct Materials Price Variance
	Direct Labor Efficiency Variance
	Close variances with debit balance
	Direct Materials Usage Variance
	Direct Labor Rate Variance
	Cost of Goods Sold
	Close variances with credit balance

What is the adjusted balance in Cost of Goods Sold after closing out the variances?

2. What if any ending balance in a variance account that exceeds $10,000 is considered material? (a) Close the immaterial variance accounts to Cost of Goods Sold. (b) Prorate the largest of the labor variances among Cost of Goods Sold, Work in Process, and Finished Goods on the basis of prime costs in these accounts. (c) Prorate the largest of the material variances among Cost of Goods Sold, Work in Process, and Finished Goods on the basis of prime costs in these accounts. The prime cost in Cost of Goods Sold is $1,050,000, the prime cost in Work in Process is $166,000, and the prime cost in Finished Goods is $134,000. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank or enter "0".

Note: Round all interim calculations to three decimal places, and round your final answers to the nearest dollar. Adjust credit entry for rounding to ensure debits equal credits in journal entry.

(a)	Direct Materials Usage Variance
	Direct Labor Rate Variance
	Cost of Goods Sold
(b)	Work in Process
	Finished Goods
	Cost of Goods Sold
	Direct Materials Price Variance
(c)
			What are the adjusted balances in Work in Process, Finished Goods, and Cost of Goods Sold after closing out all variances?

	Adjusted balance
Work in Process
Finished Goods
Cost of Goods Sold

Answer 1

1. Assume that the ending balances in the variance accounts are immaterial and prepare the journal entries to close them to Cost of Goods Sold.

Adjusted cost of goods sold = $1520000 - $2060 + $26750

= $1544690

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2.

a)

Account Titles	Debit	Credit
Direct materials usage variance	$1,170
Direct labor rate variance	$890
Cost of goods sold		$2,060

	Prime cost	Percentage of Totals
Work in process	$166,000	12.30%
Finished goods	$134,000	9.93%
Cost of goods sold	$1,050,000	77.78%
Total	$1,350,000	100.00%

b)

Account Titles	Debit	Credit
Work in process [$12520 * 12.30%]	$1,540
Finished goods [$12520 * 9.93%]	$1,243
Cost of goods sold [$12520 * 77.78%]	$9,737
Direct labor efficiency variance		$12,520

c)

Account Titles	Debit	Credit
Work in process [$14050 * 12.30%]	$1,728
Finished goods [$14050 * 9.93%]	$1,395
Cost of goods sold [$14050 * 77.78%]	$10,927
Direct materials price variance		$14,050

	Work in process	Finished goods	Cost of goods sold
Unadjusted balance	$326,000	$180,000	$1,520,000
Add: Material price variance	$1,728	$1,395	$10,927
Less: Material usage variance			($1,170)
Less: Labor rate variance			($890)
Add: Labor efficiency variance	$1,540	$1,243	$9,737
Adjusted balance	$329,268	$182,638	$1,538,604