Allenton Company Is a Manufacturing Firm That Uses Job-Order Costing

Essay

Allenton Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing.At the beginning of the year,the company's inventory balances were as follows:
$\begin{array} { l r } \text { Raw materials } & \$ 26,000 \\\text { Work in process } & \$ 47,000 \\\text { Finished goods } & \$ 133,000\end{array}$
The company applies overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on machine hours. At the beginning of the year, the company estimated that it would work 31,000 machine hours and incur $248,000 in manufacturing overhead cost. The following transactions were recorded for the year:
a.) Raw materials purchased: $411,000.
b.) Raw materials requisitioned for use in production: $409,000 ($388,000 direct and $21,000 indirect).
c.) The following employee costs were incurred:
$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array}{lll} \text { Direct materials} \\ \text { Indireet labour: } \\ \text { Administrative salaries:} \\\end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\$ 145,000 \\\$ 61,000 \\\$ 190,000\end{array}\end{array}$
d.) Selling costs: $148,000.
e.) Factory utility costs: $12,000.
f.) Depreciation for the year: $121,000, of which $114,000 is related to factory operations and $7,000 is related to selling and administrative activities.
g.) Manufacturing overhead was applied to jobs. The actual level of activity for the year was 29,000 machine hours.
h.) Cost of goods manufactured for the year: $783,000.
i.) Sales for the year: $1,107,000; the costs on the job cost sheets of the goods that were
sold: $768,000.
j.) The balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account was closed out to Cost of Goods Sold.
Required:
Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each of the items above (a. through j.). You can assume that all transactions with employees, customers, and suppliers were conducted in cash.