Company has provided the following data for the month of Feb. There were no begi

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Company has provided the following data for the month of Feb. There were no beginning inventories; the direct materials, direct labor, and MOH applied listed are for current month:
                        WIP       Finished Goods Cost of Goods Sold Total
Direct materials $7,510 $19,700             $35,220                $62,430
Direct labor       8,900     24,900             44,900                   78,700
MOH                 8,480     16,960             27,560                   53,000
Total             $24,890    $61,560         $107,680                 194,130
MOH for the month was overapplied by $3,800.
The company allocates any underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead among work in process, finished goods, and cost of goods sold at the end of the month on the basis of the overhead applied during the month in those accounts.
Provide the journal entry (one debit, one credit) that would record the allocation of underapplied or overapplied among WIP, finished goods, and COGS.

Explanation / Answer

If Factory overhead is overapplied then too much was added to the three accounts and it must be removed at the same percentage it was added to each of the accounts. You do this by debiting Factory overhead by the overapplied amount and calculating the ratio for each account to remove the appropriate amount. 24,890/194,130 = 12.82% x 3,800 = 487 61,560/194,130= 31.71% x 3,800 = 1,205 107,680/194130= 55.47% x 3,800 = 2,108 The journal entry would appear as: Factory Overhead (debit) 3,800 WIP (credit) 487 Finished Goods (credit) 1,205 COGS (credit) 2,108

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