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Widmer Watercraft’s predetermined overhead rate is 200% of direct labor. Information on the company’s production activities during May follows.

1. Purchased raw materials on credit, $260,000.
2. Materials requisitions record use of the following materials for the month.

Job 136	$	50,000
Job 137		34,000
Job 138		20,000
Job 139		23,400
Job 140		6,800
Total direct materials		134,200
Indirect materials		21,500
Total materials used	$	155,700

3. Paid $15,750 cash to a computer consultant to reprogram factory equipment.
4. Time tickets record use of the following labor for the month. These wages were paid in cash.

Job 136	$	12,300
Job 137		10,800
Job 138		38,100
Job 139		39,200
Job 140		3,000
Total direct labor		103,400
Indirect labor		24,000
Total	$	127,400

5. Applied overhead to Jobs 136, 138, and 139.
6. Transferred Jobs 136, 138, and 139 to Finished Goods.
7. Sold Jobs 136 and 138 on credit at a total price of $540,000.
8. The company incurred the following overhead costs during the month (credit Prepaid Insurance for expired factory insurance).

Depreciation of factory building	$	68,500
Depreciation of factory equipment		38,500
Expired factory insurance		11,000
Accrued property taxes payable		35,500

i. Applied overhead at month-end to the Work in Process Inventory account (Jobs 137 and 140) using the predetermined overhead rate of 200% of direct labor cost.

1. Prepare a job cost sheet for each job worked on during the month.

2. Prepare journal entries to record the events and transactions a through i.

3. Post the journal entries for the transactions to the following T-accounts, each of which started the month with a zero balance.

4. Prepare a report showing the total cost of each job in process and prove that the sum of their costs equals the Work in Process Inventory account balance. Prepare similar reports for Finished Goods Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold.

Answer 1