Entries with Overhead Subsidiary LedgBr. The general ledger of Protech Company contains a factory over head control
Question:
Entries with Overhead Subsidiary LedgBr. The general ledger of Protech Company contains a factory over¬ head control account supported by a subsidiary ledger showing details by departments. The plant has one service department and three producing departments. The following table shows details with respect to these departments:
Building space (squarefeet).
Cost ofmachinery.
Horsepowerrating.
Worker’s compensation insurance rate (per $100)
Machining Department 10,000
$300,000 1,000
$1.50 Painting Department 4,000
$100,000
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$1.50 Assembly Department 4,000
$60,000 100
$1.00 General Factory Cost Pool 2,000
$20,000 150
$1.00 During January, certain assets expired and some liabilities accrued as follows:
(a) Depreciation on buildings, $3,000.
(b) Depreciation on machinery, $9,600.
(c) Property tax for the year ending December 31 is estimated to be $12,000 (60% on buildings and 40% on machinery).
(d) Worker’s compensation insurance for January is based on the following earnings of factory employees; Machining Department, $30,000; Painting Department, $12,000; Assembly Department, $16,000; and General Factory Cost Pool, $6,000.
(e) The power meter reading at January 31 shows 12,500 kilowatt-hours consumed. The rate is $.06 per kilowatt-hour.
(f) The heat and light bill for January is $1,800.
(g) Supplies requisitions show $1,800 used in the Machining Department, $2,300 in the Assembly Department, and $410 in the General Factory Cost Pool.
Required: Prepare journal entries. Show details in four departmental overhead columns to support each gen¬ eral journal debit.
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Cost Accounting
ISBN: 9780538828079
11th Edition
Authors: Lawrence H. Hammer, William K. Carter, Milton F. Usry