Gold Nest Company of Guandong, China, is a family-owned enterprise that makes birdcages for the South China market. The company sells its birdcages through an extensive network of street vendors who receive commissions on their sales.

The company uses a job-order costing system in which overhead is applied to jobs on the basis of direct labor cost. Its predetermined overhead rate is based on a cost formula that estimated $67,500 of manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of $45,000 direct labor dollars. At the beginning of the year, the inventory balances were as follows:

Raw materials	$ 10,800
Work in process	$ 4,100
Finished goods	$ 8,700

During the year, the following transactions were completed:

1. Raw materials purchased on account, $162,000.
2. Raw materials used in production, $149,000 (materials costing $125,000 were charged directly to jobs; the remaining materials were indirect).
3. Costs for employee services were incurred as follows:

Direct labor	$ 168,000
Indirect labor	$ 165,900
Sales commissions	$ 21,000
Administrative salaries	$ 47,000

1. Rent for the year was $18,600 ($13,500 of this amount related to factory operations, and the remainder related to selling and administrative activities).
2. Utility costs incurred in the factory, $19,000.
3. Advertising costs incurred, $13,000.
4. Depreciation recorded on equipment, $25,000. ($16,000 of this amount related to equipment used in factory operations; the remaining $9,000 related to equipment used in selling and administrative activities.)
5. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to jobs, $?.
6. Goods that had cost $228,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed.
7. Sales for the year (all paid in cash) totaled $508,000. The total cost to manufacture these goods according to their job cost sheets was $216,000.

Required:

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

2. Prepare T-accounts for each inventory account, Manufacturing Overhead, and Cost of Goods Sold. Post relevant data from your journal entries to these T-accounts (dont forget to enter the beginning balances in your inventory accounts).

3A. Is Manufacturing Overhead underapplied or overapplied for the year?

3B. Prepare a journal entry to close any balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of Goods Sold.

4. Prepare an income statement for the year. All of the information needed for the income statement is available in the journal entries and T-accounts you have prepared.

Req 1 Req 2 Reg 3A Req 3B Req 4 Prepare journal entries to record the transactions for the year. (If no entry is required for a transacti required" in the first account field. Do not round intermediate calculations.) View transaction list Journal entry worksheet Raw materials purchased on account, $162,000. Note: Enter debits before credits. Transaction General Journal Debit Credit a. Raw Materials Work in Process Debit Credit Credit Debit Beginning Balance Beginning Balance Ending Balance Ending Balance Finished Goods Manufacturing Overhead Credit Debit Credit Debit Beginning Balance Beginning Balance Ending Balance Cost Goods Sold Ending Balance Credit Debit Beginning Balance Ending Balance Reg 1 Reg 2 Req Req 3B Req 4 Is Manufacturing Overhead underapplied or overapplied for the year? Underapplied Overapplied Req 1 Reg 2 Req Req 3B Req 4 Prepare a journal entry to close any balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of God transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) View transaction list Journal entry worksheet Record the entry to close any balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to Cost of Goods Sold. Note: Enter debits before credits. Transaction General Journal Debit Credit 1 Req 1 Req 2 Req Req 3B Reg 4 Prepare an income statement for the year. (All of the information neede entries and T-accounts you have prepared.) Gold Nest Company Income Statement For the Year Ended 0 Selling and administrative expenses: 0 Oo $