Benson Inc During 2017, Benson Purchased $1,450,000 of Raw Materials, Incurred Direct

question 11

Multiple Choice

Benson Inc.'s accounting records reflect the following inventories: $\begin{array}{lrr}&\text { Dec. } 31,2016&\text { Dec. } 31,2017\\\text { Raw materials inventory } & \$ 80,000 & \$ 64,000 \\\text { Work in process inventory } & 104,000 & 116,000 \\\text { Finished goods inventory } & 100,000 & 92,000\end{array}$ During 2017, Benson purchased $1,450,000 of raw materials, incurred direct labor costs of $250,000, and incurred manufacturing overhead totaling $160,000. Assume Benson's cost of goods manufactured for 2017 amounted to $1,660,000. How much would it report as cost of goods sold for the year?

• A) $1,668,000
• B) $1,568,000
• C) $1,760,000
• D) $1,652,000

Identify the normal balance and classification of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

Calculate bad debts expense and adjustments to the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts based on aging analysis.

Understand the impact of writing off an account on total assets and net accounts receivable.

Determine the balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts before and after adjustments.

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