Problem 7-58 (Static) Tracing Costs in a Job Company (LO 7-2, 3)

The following transactions occurred in January at Apex Manufacturing, a custom parts supplier. Apex uses job costing.

1. Purchased $75,180 in materials on account.
2. Issued $2,100 in supplies from the materials inventory to the production department.
3. Paid for the materials purchased in transaction (1).
4. Issued $35,700 in direct materials to the production department.
5. Incurred wage costs of $58,800, which were debited to Payroll, a temporary account. Of this amount, $18,900 was withheld for payroll taxes and credited to Payroll Taxes Payable. The remaining $39,900 was paid in cash to the employees. See transactions (6) and (7) for additional information about Payroll.
6. Recognized $29,400 in fringe benefit costs, incurred as a result of the wages paid in (5). This $29,400 was debited to Payroll and credited to Fringe Benefits Payable
7. Analyzed the Payroll account and determined that 60 percent represented direct labor; 30 percent, indirect manufacturing labor; and 10 percent, administrative and marketing costs.
8. Paid for utilities, power, equipment maintenance, and other miscellaneous items for the manufacturing plant totaling $45,360.
9. Applied overhead on the basis of 175 percent of direct labor costs.
10. Recognized depreciation of $24,150 on manufacturing property, plant, and equipment.

Required:

a. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions.

b. The balances that appeared in the accounts of Apex Manufacturing are shown as follows.

	Beginning			Ending
Materials Inventory	$	77,805
Work-in-Process Inventory		17,325
Finished Goods Inventory		87,150		$	69,720
Cost of Goods Sold					138,285

Prepare T-accounts to show the flow of costs during the period.

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Prepare journal entries to record these transactions. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Journal entry worksheet

• Record material purchases of $75,180 on account.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Transaction	General Journal	Debit	Credit
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