Question

Forest Components makes aircraft parts. The following transactions occurred in July:

1. Purchased $16,860 of materials on account.

2. Issued $16,750 in direct materials to the production department.

3. Issued $1,390 of supplies from the materials inventory.

4. Paid for the materials purchased in transaction (1) using cash.

5. Returned $2,110 of the materials issued to production in (2) to the materials inventory.

6. Direct labor employees earned $32,800, which was paid in cash.

7. Paid $17,240 for miscellaneous items for the manufacturing plant. Accounts Payable was credited.

8. Recognized depreciation on manufacturing plant of $35,300.

9. Applied manufacturing overhead for the month.

Forest uses normal costing. It applies overhead on the basis of direct labor costs using an annual, predetermined rate. At the beginning of the year, management estimated that direct labor costs for the year would be $435,200. Estimated overhead for the year was $400,384.

The following balances appeared in the inventory accounts of Forest Components for July:

	Beginning			Ending
Materials Inventory		?		$	12,430
Work-in-Process Inventory		?			10,570
Finished Goods Inventory	$	2,740			7,050
Cost of Goods Sold		?			73,600

b. Prepare T-accounts to show the flow of costs during the period from Materials Inventory through Cost of Goods Sold.

Answer 1