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onrad, Inc. recently lost a portion of its records in an office fire. The follow

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Question

onrad, Inc. recently lost a portion of its records in an office fire. The following information was salvaged from the accounting records. Cost of Goods Sold $65,000 Work-in-Process Inventory, Beginning 10,500 Work-in-Process Inventory, Ending 9,000 Selling and Administrative Expense 15,000 Finished Goods Inventory, Ending 15,000 Finished Goods Inventory, Beginning ? Direct Materials Used ? Factory Overhead Applied 12,000 Operating Income 14,000 Direct Materials Inventory, Beginning 11,000 Direct Materials Inventory, Ending 6,000 Cost of Goods Manufactured 60,000 Direct labor cost incurred during the period amounted to 1.5 times the factory overhead. The CFO of Fisher, Inc. has asked you to recalculate the following accounts and to report to him by the end of the day. What is the amount in the finished goods inventory at the beginning of the year?

Explanation / Answer

What is the amount in the finished goods inventory at the beginning of the year?

Finished goods inventory at the beginning = Cost of Goods Sold + Finished Goods Inventory, Ending - Cost of Goods Manufactured = $65000 + $ 15000 - $60000 = $20000