Ron Howard recently took over as the controller of Johnson Brothers Manufacturing. Last month, the previous controller
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Ron Howard recently took over as the controller of Johnson Brothers Manufacturing. Last month, the previous controller left the company with little notice and left the accounting records in disarray. Ron needs the ending inventory balances to report first- quarter numbers.
For the previous month (March 2014) Ron was able to piece together the following information:
Direct materials purchased ................$ 120,000
Work- in- process inventory, 3/ 1/ 2014 ...........$ 35,000
Direct materials inventory, 3/ 1/ 2014 ...........$ 12, 500
Finished goods inventory, 3/ 1/ 2014 ............$ 160,000
Conversion costs ...................$ 330,000
Total manufacturing costs added during the period .......$ 420,000
Cost of goods manufactured ......... 4 times direct materials used
Gross margin as a percentage of revenues ......... 20%
Revenues ......................$ 518,750
Required
Calculate the cost of:
1. Finished goods inventory, 3/ 31/ 2014
2. Work- in- process inventory, 3/ 31/ 2014
3. Direct materials inventory, 3/ 31/ 2014
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula Ending Inventory Formula =...
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Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis
ISBN: 978-0133428704
15th edition
Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan