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Bakerston Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing. The company's inventory balances at the beginning and end of the year were as follows:

Balance	Beginning Balance	Ending Balance
Raw materials	$14,000	$22,000
Work in process	27,000	9,000
Finished goods	62,000	77,000

The company applies overhead to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate based on machine hours. At the beginning of the year, the company estimated that it would work 33,000 machine hours and incur $231,000 in manufacturing overhead cost. The following transactions were recorded for the year: a.) Raw materials purchased: $315,000. b.) Raw materials requisitioned for use in production: $307,000 ($281,000 direct and $26,000 indirect). c.) The following employee costs were incurred: Direct labour: $377,000 Indirect labour: $96,000 Administrative salaries: $172,000 d.) Selling costs: $147,000. e.) Factory utility costs: $10,000. f.) Depreciation for the year: $127,000, of which $120,000 is related to factory operations and $7,000 is related to selling and administrative activities. g.) Manufacturing overhead was applied to jobs. The actual level of activity for the year was 34,000 machine hours. h.) Sales for the year: $1,253,000.

Required: Prepare the journal entries for the above transactions