Comfy Feet Manufactures Slippers

question 115

Essay

Comfy Feet manufactures slippers. In 2011, the company hired a new bookkeeper who did not have appropriate training. The bookkeeper charged all of the following costs for manufacturing 70,000 pairs of slippers to "Production Expense."
The company had zero work-in-process at the end of both 2010 and 2011. Finished goods amounted to 20,000 pairs at $9.00 per pair at the end of 2010. There were 6,500 pairs in finished goods inventory at the end of 2011.
Required:
a. Provide the adjusting journal entry or entries at Dec 31, 2011 to correct the bookkeeper's errors and properly record the above expenditures recorded in the "Production Expense" account.
b. Assume the company uses a periodic inventory system and the FIFO cost flow assumption for finished goods. Calculate the cost of goods sold and the ending value of finished goods inventory for the year 2011.
c. Now assume the company uses the weighted-average cost flow assumption. Calculate the cost of goods sold and the ending value of finished goods.

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