Alam Company Is a Manufacturing Firm That Uses Job-Order Costing

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Essay

Alam Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing.At the beginning of the year,the company's inventory balances were as follows: The company applies overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on machine-hours.At the beginning of the year,the company estimated that it would work 45,000 machine-hours and incur $180,000 in manufacturing overhead cost.The following transactions were recorded for the year:

a.Raw materials were purchased,$416,000.
b.Raw materials were requisitioned for use in production,$420,000 ($380,000 direct and $40,000 indirect).
c.The following employee costs were incurred: direct labor,$414,000;indirect labor,$60,000;and administrative salaries,$212,000.
d.Selling costs,$141,000.
e.Factory utility costs,$20,000.
f.Depreciation for the year was $81,000 of which $73,000 is related to factory operations and $8,000 is related to selling,general,and administrative activities.
g.Manufacturing overhead was applied to jobs.The actual level of activity for the year was 48,000 machine-hours.
h.The cost of goods manufactured for the year was $1,004,000.
i.Sales for the year totaled $1,416,000 and the costs on the job cost sheets of the goods that were sold totaled $989,000.
j.The balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account was closed out to Cost of Goods Sold.

Required:
Prepare the appropriate journal entry for each of the items above (a.through j. ).You can assume that all transactions with employees,customers,and suppliers were conducted in cash.

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