Mertz Company employs a job cost system. As of January 1, 2019, its records showed the...

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Mertz Company employs a job cost system. As of January 1, 2019,its records showed the following inventory balances:

Materials

$31,500

Work in process

56,500

Finished goods (30,000 units @ $3)

90,000


The work in process inventory consisted of two jobs:

DirectDirectManufacturing

Job No.

Materials

Labor

Overhead

Total

378

$7,000

$12,000

$ 6,000

$25,000

379

9,000

15,000

7,500

31,500

$16,000

$27,000

$13,500

$56,500


Summarized below are the production and sales data for the companyfor 2019:

1.      Materials purchased $95,000
2.      Materials requisitioned: directmaterials for Job No. 378, $16,000; for Job No. 379, $32,000; andJob No. 380, $36,000; supplies (indirect materials) requisitioned,$4,500.
3.      Factory payroll distributed:direct labor to Job No. 378, $30,000; to Job No. 379, $45,000; andto Job No.380, $60,000; indirect labor, $15,000
4.      Manufacturing overhead is assignedto work in process at $0.50 per dollar of direct labor (the samerate as in 2018)

5.      Job Nos. 378 and 379 werecompleted
6.      Factory indirect costs (other thanindirect labor and indirect materials); depreciation, $7,000; heat,light, and power, $3,000; and miscellaneous, $5,000.
7.      Sales for the year amounted to$320,000; cost of goods sold, $197,000.

Required:

Use T-accounts to illustrate the journal entries for the abovesummarized transactions.

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Materials
Beg. Bal. $    31,500.00 2) $ 88,500.00
1) $    95,000.00
End. Bal. $    38,000.00
Work in Process (WIP)
Beg. Bal. $    56,500.00 5) $ 2,17,000.00
2) $    84,000.00
3) $ 1,35,000.00
4) $    67,500.00
End. Bal. $ 1,26,000.00
Factory Overhead (F.OH)
2) $   4,500.00 4) $ 67,500.00
3) $ 15,000.00
6) $ 15,000.00
Finished Goods (FG)
Beg. Bal. $    90,000.00 7) $ 1,97,000.00
5) $ 2,17,000.00
End. Bal. $ 1,10,000.00
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
7) $ 1,97,000.00 $                  -  
Sales
$                  -   7) $ 3,20,000.00
Particulars Job 378 Job 379 Job 380
Beginning balances:
Direct Materials $   7,000.00 $      9,000.00
Direct Labor $ 12,000.00 $    15,000.00
Manufacturing Overhead $   6,000.00 $      7,500.00
Total (A) $ 25,000.00 $    31,500.00
Current period costs:
Direct Materials $ 16,000.00 $    32,000.00 $    36,000.00
Direct Labor $ 30,000.00 $    45,000.00 $    60,000.00
Manufacturing Overhead $ 15,000.00 $    22,500.00 $    30,000.00
Total (B) $ 61,000.00 $    99,500.00 $ 1,26,000.00
Total Costs (A+B) $ 86,000.00 $ 1,31,000.00 $ 1,26,000.00
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