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Bunnell Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. On January 1, the company’s inventory balances were as follows:

Raw materials	$	74,000
Work in process	$	31,800
Finished goods	$	52,200

The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of direct labor-hours. For the current year, the company’s predetermined overhead rate of $14.50 per direct labor-hour was based on a cost formula that estimated $580,000 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 40,000 direct labor-hours. The following transactions were recorded for the year:

1. Raw materials were purchased on account, $690,000.
2. Raw materials used in production, $641,800. All of of the raw materials were used as direct materials.
3. The following costs were accrued for employee services: direct labor, $530,000; indirect labor, $150,000; selling and administrative salaries, $308,000.
4. Incurred various selling and administrative expenses (e.g., advertising, sales travel costs, and finished goods warehousing), $457,000.
5. Incurred various manufacturing overhead costs (e.g., depreciation, insurance, and utilities), $430,000.
6. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production. The company actually worked 41,000 direct labor-hours on all jobs during the year.
7. Jobs costing $1,703,300 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed during the year.
8. Jobs were sold on account to customers during the year for a total of $3,510,000. The jobs cost $1,713,300 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets.

6. What is the journal entry to record the transfer of completed jobs that is referred to in item g above? (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

4. What is the total amount of manufacturing overhead applied to production during the year?

3. What is the journal entry to record the labor costs incurred during the year? (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.

Answer 1

6) Journal entry

No	General Journal	Debit	Credit
	Finished goods	1703300
	Work in process		1703300

4) Total amount of manufacturing overhead applied = 41000*14.50 = 594500

3) Journal entry

No	General Journal	Debit	Credit
	Work in process	530000
	Manufacturing overhead	150000
	Selling and administrative Salaries expense	308000
	Wages payable		988000