Almeda Products, Inc., uses a job-order costing system. The company's inventory balances on April 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows:

Raw materials $32,000 Work in process $20,000 Finished goods $48,000 During the year, the following transactions were completed: a. Raw materials were purchased on account, $170,000. b. Raw materials were issued from the storeroom for use in production, $189,000 (80% direct and 20% indirect). c. Employee salaries and wages were accrued as follows: direct labor, $200,000; indirect labor, $82,000; and selling and administrative salaries, $90,000. d. Utility costs were incurred in the factory, $65,000. e. Advertising costs were incurred, $100,000. f. Prepaid insurance expired during the year, $20,000 (90% related to factory operations, and 10% related to selling and administrative activities). g. Depreciation was recorded, $180,000 (85% related to factory assets, and 15% related to selling and administrative assets). h. Manufacturing overhead was applied to jobs at the rate of 175% of direct labor cost. i. Goods that cost $700,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were transferred to the finished goods warehouse. j. Sales for the year totaled $1,000,000 and were all on account. The total cost to manufacture these goods according to their job cost sheets was $720,000.

Required;

1. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions for the year.

2. Prepare T-accounts for raw materials, work in process, finished goods, manufacturing Overhead, and cost of goods sold. Post the appropriate parts of your journal entries to these T-accounts. Compute the ending balance to each account. (Dont forget to enter the beginning balances in the inventory accounts.)

3. Is manufacturing overhead underapplied or overapllied for the year? Prepare a journal entry to close this balance to cost of Goods Sold.

4. Prepare an income statement for the year. ( do not prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured: all of the information needed for the income statement is available in the journal entries and the T-accounts you have prepared.)