Phillips Company is a manufacturer of computers. Its controller resigned in October 2014. An inexperienced assistant accountant

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Phillips Company is a manufacturer of computers. Its controller resigned in October 2014. An inexperienced assistant accountant has prepared the following income statement for the month of October 2014.

   Prior to October 2014, the company had been profi table every month. The company’s president is concerned about the accuracy of the income statement. As her friend, you have been asked to review the income statement and make necessary corrections. After examining other manufacturing cost data, you have acquired additional information as follows.
  1. Inventory balances at the beginning and end of October were:

  2. Only 75% of the utilities expense and 60% of the insurance expense apply to factory operations. The remaining amounts should be charged to selling and administrative activities.

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  (a) Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for October 2014.
  (b) Prepare a correct income statement for October 2014.

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Accounting Principles

ISBN: 9781118566671

11th Edition

Authors: Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Donald Kieso

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