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Forest Components makes aircraft parts. The following transactions occurred in July:
Purchased $16,990 of materials on account.
Issued $16,770 in direct materials to the production department.
Issued $1,300 of supplies from the materials inventory.
Paid for the materials purchased in transaction (1) using cash.
Returned $2,150 of the materials issued to production in (2) to the materials inventory.
Direct labor employees earned $32,900, which was paid in cash.
Paid $17,390 for miscellaneous items for the manufacturing plant. Accounts Payable was credited.
Recognized depreciation on manufacturing plant of $35,300.
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 $434,200. Estimated overhead for the year was $390,780.
The following balances appeared in the inventory accounts of
Forest Components for July:
Beginning | Ending | ||||
Materials Inventory | ? | $ | 12,570 | ||
Work-in-Process Inventory | ? | 10,610 | |||
Finished Goods Inventory | $ | 2,620 | 7,000 | ||
Cost of Goods Sold | ? | 74,500 | |||
A. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions.
b. Prepare T-accounts to show the flow of costs during the period from Materials Inventory through Cost of Goods Sold.