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Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginni

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Question

Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. It started only two jobs during March-Job P and Job Q. Job P was completed and sold by the end of the March and Job Q was incomplete at the end of the March. The company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March): Assume the ending raw materials inventory is $1,000 and the company does not use any indirect materials. Required: Prepare the journal entry to transfer costs from Finished Goods to Cost of Goods Sold.

Explanation / Answer

The estimated Total Manufacturing Overhead is calcualted as under

Total Fixed Overhead= $10,000

Estimated Variable Manufactruing Overhead= 2000*1

=$2000

Estimated Total Manufacuring Cost=$10000+$2000=$12,000

Predetermined Overhead Rate= Total Manufacruring Overhead/Estimated Labours

=$12000/2000

$6 Per Labour hour

Job P Manufacturing Overhead applied= ($6*1400 Direct Labour Hour)

=$8400

Job Q Manufacturing Overhead applied= ($6*500 Direct Labour Hours)

=$3000

Total Manufacturing Overhead applied= $11,400

Ending Workin Process Inventory= ($8000+$7500+$3000)

=$18500

Journal Entry would be

Cost of Goods Sold $18500

Finished goods Inventory $18500