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Trump Corporation builds custom playgrounds for various customers including schools and municipal governments. The company uses...

Trump Corporation builds custom playgrounds for various customers including schools and municipal governments. The company uses a normal job costing system and has chosen direct labour hours as the application base when applying manufacturing overhead. At the beginning of 2020, upper-level management met and determined that the budgeted amount of MOH for the upcoming year was $1,729,000. They also estimated that the total number of direct labour hours that will be needed this year would be 133,000 hours. The following data relates to activities that occurred in the month of May:

  1. A total of $450,000 of raw materials were purchased on account.
  2. A total of $580,000 of raw materials were requisitioned from the purchasing department, 80% were used directly in production and the remainder were indirect materials.
  3. Total labour hours worked for the month of May was 11,000 hours of which 80% were directly used in production, 15% were used indirectly in the production process and the remaining 5% were paid to administrative staff. All production staff are paid $15 per hour whereas administrative staff are paid $22 per hour.
  4. MOH for the month was applied to production
  5. Depreciation of $80,000 was recorded for the month, 75% of the depreciation was for factory equipment and the remaining 25% was for office equipment located in the accounting department.
  6. Production orders costing $920,000 were completed during May and transferred to finished goods
  7. Production orders that had cost $860,000 to manufacture were shipped to customers during the month of May. These goods were sold for 30% above cost. All sales are on account.

Required:

  1. Prepare journal entries to record the above transactions

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Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for...

Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. During the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 2% times the amount of credit sales for the month. At the fiscal year-end of December 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly.

At the end of 2017, accounts receivable were $598,000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of $62,000. Accounts receivable activity for 2018 was as follows:

Beginning balance $ 598,000
Credit sales 2,740,000
Collections (2,603,000 )
Write-offs (51,000 )
Ending balance $ 684,000

The company’s controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable:

Summary
Age Group Amount Percent Uncollectible
0–60 days $ 430,000 4 %
61–90 days 92,000 15
91–120 days 61,000 20
Over 120 days 101,000 35
Total $ 684,000

Required:
1. Prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year.
2. Prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.
3-a. What is total bad debt expense for 2018?
3-b. How would accounts receivable appear in the 2018 balance sheet?

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Sara’s Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family...

Sara’s Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family Style for home use. Salsa is prepared in department 1 and packaged in department 2. The activities, overhead costs, and drivers associated with these two manufacturing processes and the company’s production support activities follow. Process Activity Overhead cost Driver Quantity Department 1 Mixing $ 7,000 Machine hours 2,900 Cooking 16,200 Machine hours 2,900 Product testing 114,500 Batches 500 $ 137,700 Department 2 Machine calibration $ 350,000 Production runs 700 Labeling 18,500 Cases of output 140,000 Defects 9,500 Cases of output 140,000 $ 378,000 Support Recipe formulation $ 89,000 Focus groups 50 Heat, lights, and water 58,000 Machine hours 2,900 Materials handling 85,000 Container types 10 $ 232,000 Additional production information about its two product lines follows. Extra Fine Family Style Units produced 40,000 cases 100,000 cases Batches 400 batches 100 batches Machine hours 1,250 MH 1,650 MH Focus groups 32 groups 18 groups Container types 5 containers 5 containers Production runs 310 runs 390 runs 4. Using ABC, compute the total cost per case for each product type if the direct labor and direct materials cost is $11 per case of Extra Fine and $7 per case of Family Style. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round "Activity Rate" and "Overhead cost per unit" answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Sara’s Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family...

Sara’s Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family Style for home use. Salsa is prepared in department 1 and packaged in department 2. The activities, overhead costs, and drivers associated with these two manufacturing processes and the company’s production support activities follow.

Process Activity Overhead cost Driver Quantity
Department 1 Mixing $ 6,000 Machine hours 2,400
Cooking 10,800 Machine hours 2,400
Product testing 114,000 Batches 750
$ 130,800
Department 2 Machine calibration $ 325,000 Production runs 650
Labeling 18,000 Cases of output 160,000
Defects 6,000 Cases of output 160,000
$ 349,000
Support Recipe formulation $ 84,000 Focus groups 50
Heat, lights, and water 42,000 Machine hours 2,400
Materials handling 80,000 Container types 10
$ 206,000


Additional production information about its two product lines follows.

Extra Fine Family Style
Units produced 35,000 cases 125,000 cases
Batches 350 batches 400 batches
Machine hours 1,000 MH 1,400 MH
Focus groups 34 groups 16 groups
Container types 4 containers 6 containers
Production runs 260 runs 390 runs

Problem 17-5A Part 4

4. Using ABC, compute the total cost per case for each product type if the direct labor and direct materials cost is $7 per case of Extra Fine and $6 per case of Family Style. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. Round "Activity Rate" and "Overhead cost per unit" answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for...

Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. During the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 3% times the amount of credit sales for the month. At the fiscal year-end of December 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly.

At the end of 2020, accounts receivable were $578,000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of $42,000. Accounts receivable activity for 2021 was as follows:

Beginning balance $ 578,000
Credit sales 2,640,000
Collections (2,503,000 )
Write-offs (41,000 )
Ending balance $ 674,000

The company’s controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable:

Summary
Age Group Amount Percent Uncollectible
0−60 days $ 380,000 5 %
61−90 days 100,000 11
91−120 days 51,000 21
Over 120 days 143,000 32
Total $ 674,000

Required:
1. Prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year.
2. Prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.
3-a. What is total bad debt expense for 2021?
3-b. How would accounts receivable appear in the 2021 balance sheet?

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Sara’s Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family...

Sara’s Salsa Company produces its condiments in two types: Extra Fine for restaurant customers and Family Style for home use. Salsa is prepared in department 1 and packaged in department 2. The activities, overhead costs, and drivers associated with these two manufacturing processes and the company’s production support activities follow.

Process Activity Overhead cost Driver Quantity
Department 1 Mixing $ 6,100 Machine hours 2,500
Cooking 10,900 Machine hours 2,500
Product testing 114,100 Batches 500
$ 131,100
Department 2 Machine calibration $ 330,000 Production runs 600
Labeling 16,500 Cases of output 170,000
Defects 9,000 Cases of output 170,000
$ 355,500
Support Recipe formulation $ 85,000 Focus groups 85
Heat, lights, and water 43,000 Machine hours 2,500
Materials handling 81,000 Container types 10
$ 209,000

Additional production information about its two product lines follows.

Extra Fine Family Style
Units produced 36,000 cases 134,000 cases
Batches 360 batches 140 batches
Machine hours 1,050 MH 1,450 MH
Focus groups 60 groups 25 groups
Container types 8 containers 2 containers
Production runs 270 runs 330 runs

Required:
1. Using a plantwide overhead rate based on cases, compute the overhead cost that is assigned to each case of Extra Fine Salsa and each case of Family Style Salsa.
2. Using the plantwide overhead rate, determine the total cost per case for the two products if the direct materials and direct labor cost is $8 per case of Extra Fine and $7 per case of Family Style.
3.a. If the market price of Extra Fine Salsa is $16 per case and the market price of Family Style Salsa is $10 per case, determine the gross profit per case for each product.
3.b. What might management conclude about the Family Style Salsa product line?

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Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for...

Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. During the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 2% times the amount of credit sales for the month. At the fiscal year-end of December 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly. At the end of 2020, accounts receivable were $594,000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of $58,000. Accounts receivable activity for 2021 was as follows:

Beginning balance $ 594,000

Credit sales 2,720,000

Collections (2,583,000 )

Write-offs (49,000 )

Ending balance $ 682,000

The company’s controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable: Summary Age Group Amount Percent Uncollectible

0−60 days $ 420,000 3 %

61−90 days 90,000 13%

91−120 days 59,000 29%

Over 120 days 113,000 40 %

Total $ 682,000

Required:

1. Prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year.

2. Prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.

3-a. What is total bad debt expense for 2021?

3-b. How would accounts receivable appear in the 2021 balance sheet?

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Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for...

Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. During the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 2% times the amount of credit sales for the month. At the fiscal year-end of December 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly.

At the end of 2020, accounts receivable were $576,000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of $40,000. Accounts receivable activity for 2021 was as follows:

Beginning balance $ 576,000
Credit sales 2,630,000
Collections (2,493,000 )
Write-offs (40,000 )
Ending balance $ 673,000

The company’s controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable:

Summary
Age Group Amount Percent Uncollectible
0−60 days $ 435,000 3 %
61−90 days 98,000 10
91−120 days 50,000 20
Over 120 days 90,000 30
Total $ 673,000

Required:
1. Prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year.
2. Prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.
3-a. What is total bad debt expense for 2021?
3-b. How would accounts receivable appear in the 2021 balance sheet?

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LaBouche Company had cash receipts from customers in 2017 of $142,000. Cash payments for operating expenses...

LaBouche Company had cash receipts from customers in 2017 of $142,000. Cash payments for operating expenses were $97,000. Kelly has determined that at January 1, accounts receivable was $13,000, and prepaid expenses were $17,500. At December 31, accounts receivable was $18,600, and prepaid expenses were $23,100. The operating expenses on the accrual basis are:

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Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for...

Swathmore Clothing Corporation grants its customers 30 days’ credit. The company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. During the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 2% times the amount of credit sales for the month. At the fiscal year-end of December 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly.

At the end of 2020, accounts receivable were $592,000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of $56,000. Accounts receivable activity for 2021 was as follows:

Beginning balance $ 592,000
Credit sales 2,710,000
Collections (2,573,000 )
Write-offs (48,000 )
Ending balance $ 681,000

The company’s controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable:

Summary
Age Group Amount Percent Uncollectible
0−60 days $ 415,000 4 %
61−90 days 98,000 12
91−120 days 58,000 28
Over 120 days 110,000 39
Total $ 681,000

Required:
1. Prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year.
2. Prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.
3-a. What is total bad debt expense for 2021?
3-b. How would accounts receivable appear in the 2021 balan

In: Accounting