Question

The transactions listed below occurred during the current month. Prepare the journal entries for each transaction and match the correct amount, account, debit or credit that follows.

Total materials issued to production, $145,000 of which $115,000 was traceable to specific jobs.

Labor costs incurred during the period totaled $280,000, of which $80,000 related to factory supervisors and factory custodians.

Depreciation recorded on equipment was $52,000.   $45,000 of this amount was on equipment used in factory operations, and the remaining $7,000 was for equipment used in the corporate office.

Manufacturing overhead is applied to production at the rate of $6.00 per machine hour. Planned machine hours were 70,000 but due to greater demand, the company worked 80,000 machine hours during the year.

Goods costing $900,000 were completed during the year.

-       A.       B.       C.       D.       E.    Transaction A: Which account(s) credited?       -       A.       B.       C.       D.       E.    Transaction B: Which account(s) debited?       -       A.       B.       C.       D.       E.    Transaction C: Which account(s) credited?       -       A.       B.       C.       D.       E.    Transaction D: Which account(s) debited?       -       A.       B.       C.       D.       E.    Transaction E: Which account(s) credited?

A. Work in Process and Manufacturing Overhead B. Work in Process C. Work in Process D. Materials Inventory E. Accumulated Depreciation

Answer 1

Transaction A: Which account(s) credited? = Materials Inventory (D)

Transaction B: Which account(s) debited? =   Work in Process and Manufacturing Overhead (A)

Transaction C: Which account(s) credited? =   Accumulated Depreciation (E)

Transaction D: Which account(s) debited? =    Work in Process (B)

Transaction E: Which account(s) credited? = Work in Process (B)

Explaination to the above transactions

Transaction A - Work in process a/c.....Dr.

Material Inventory a/c....Cr.

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Transaction B - Work in process a/c.........................Dr. ( Direct labor)

Manufacturing Overhead a/c...........Dr.( Indirect labor)

Factory Payroll a/c.............................Cr.

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Transaction C - Manufacturing Overheads a/c........Dr.

Accumlated Depreciation a/c.........Cr.

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Transaction D - Work in process a/c.........................Dr.

Manufacturing Over head a/c.........Cr.

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Transaction E - Finished goods inventory a/c.........Dr.

Work in process a/c.........................Cr.

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