Essay
The following data is available for Sykes Company, a small manufacturing firm, for the month of
October:
Actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred $158,000
Manufacturing overhead allocated to jobs 108,000
Under allocated manufacturing overhead $50,000
At the end of the month the accounting records indicate:
Jobs still in Work in Process 30%
Jobs still in Ending Inventory 20%
Jobs completed and sold 50%
Assume that the amount of under allocated manufacturing overhead is considered material.
Indicate the direction (increase/decrease) and amount of the adjustment Sykes Company will make, to dispose of the under allocation, to each of the following inventory accounts:
Work in Process: ________
Ending Inventory: ________
Cost of Goods Sold: ________
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