The Following Data Is Available for Sykes Company, a Small $\quad$

question 167

Multiple Choice

The following data is available for Sykes Company, a small manufacturing firm, for the month of October:
Actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred $\quad$ $58,000
Manufacturing overhead Allocated to jobs $\quad$$\quad$ $\quad$ 56,000
Under allocated manufacturing overhead $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ $2,000

Assume that the amount of under allocated manufacturing overhead is not material.
Sykes Company will dispose of the under allocation by

• A) increasing cost of goods sold by $2,000.
• B) decreasing cost of goods sold by $2,000.
• C) reducing cost of goods manufactured by $2,000.
• D) decreasing cost of goods manufactured by $2,000.

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