The following information is taken from the accounts of Latta Company. The entries in the T-accounts are

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The following information is taken from the accounts of Latta Company. The entries in the T-accounts are summaries of the transactions that affected those accounts during the year.

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The overhead that was applied to work in process during the year is distributed among the ending balances in the accounts as follows:

Work in process, ending.....................................$ 19,500Finished goods, ending..........................................58,500Cost of goods sold................................................312,000Overhead applied...............................................$390,000

For example, of the $40,000 ending balance in work in process, $19,500 was overhead that had been applied during the year.

Required:

1. Identify reasons for entries (a) through (d).

2. Assume that the company closes any balance in the manufacturing overhead account directly to cost of goods sold. Prepare the necessary journal entry

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Introduction to Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1259105708

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Peter C. Brewer, Ray H. Garrison, Eric Noreen, Suresh Kalagnanam, Ganesh Vaidyanathan

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