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. All of the company's transactions with customers, employees, and suppliers are conducted in cash; there is no credit. 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 $76,500 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 $10,200
Work in process $4,200
Finished goods $8,200
During the year, the following transactions were completed:

a. Raw materials purchased for cash, $170,000.

b. Raw materials requisitioned for use in production, $141,000 (materials costing $121,000 were charged directly to jobs; the remaining materials were indirect).

c. Costs for employee services were incurred as follows: |Direct labor|$156,000

Indirect labor $185,900
Sales commissions $22,000
Administrative salaries $50,000
d. Rent for the year was $18,800 ($13,600 of this amount related to factory operations, and the remainder related to selling and administrative activities).

e. Utility costs incurred in the factory, $16,000.

f. Advertising costs incurred, $13,000.

g. Depreciation recorded on equipment, $21,000. ($15,000 of this amount was on equipment used in factory operations; the remaining $6,000 was on equipment used in selling and administrative activities.)

h. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to jobs, $?

i. Goods that had cost $226,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed.

j. Sales for the year totaled $514,000. The total cost to manufacture these goods according to their job cost sheets was $220,000.

Required:

(Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places)

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

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

3. Prepare an income statement for the year.

1. The preparation of journal entries to record the transactions for Gold Nest Company of Guandong, China, is as as follows:

a. Debit Raw materials $170,000

Credit Cash $170,000

b. Debit Work in Process $121,000

Debit Manufacturing Overhead $20,000

Credit Raw materials $141,000

c. Debit Work in Process $156,000

Debit Manufacturing Overhead $185,900

Credit Payroll Expenses $341,900

Debit Selling and Administrative Expenses $22,000

Credit Sales commissions $22,000

Debit Selling and Administrative Expenses $50,000

Credit Administrative salaries $50,000

d. Debit Manufacturing Overhead $13,600

Debit Selling and Administrative Expenses $5,200

Credit Rent Expenses $18,800

e. Debit Manufacturing Overhead $16,000

Credit Utilities Expense $16,000

f. Debit Selling and Administrative Expenses $13,000

Advertising costs $13,000

g. Debit Manufacturing Overhead $15,000

Debit Selling and Administrative Expenses $6,000

Credit Depreciation Expenses $21,000

h. Debit Work in Process $265,200

Credit Manufacturing Overhead (Applied) $265,200 ($1.70 x $156,000)

i. Debit Finished Goods Inventory $226,000

Credit Work in Process $226,000

j. Debit Cash $514,000

Credit Sales Revenue $514,000

j. Debit Cost of goods sold $220,000

Credit Finished Goods Inventory $220,000

2. The journal entry to close the balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account to the Cost of goods sold is as follows:

Debit Manufacturing Overhead $14,700

Credit Cost of goods sold $14,700

3. Gold Nest Company

for the year ended December 31

Sales Revenue            $514,000

Cost of goods sold      205,300

Gross profit               $308,700

Selling and Administrative Expenses:

Sales commission       $22,000

Administrative salaries 50,000

Rent Expenses                5,200

Advertising Expenses   13,000

Depreciation Expenses 6,000

Total selling/admin.  $96,200

Net income             $212,500

Estimated manufacturing overhead = $76,500

Estimated direct labor dollars = $45,000

Predetermined overhead rate = $1.70 ($76,500/$45,000)

Raw materials = $10,200

Work in process = $4,200

Finished goods = $8,200

a. Raw materials $170,000 Cash $170,000

b. Work in Process $121,000 Manufacturing Overhead $20,000 Raw materials $141,000

c. Work in Process $156,000 Manufacturing Overhead $185,900 Payroll Expenses $341,900

Selling and Administrative Expenses $22,000 Sales commissions $22,000

Selling and Administrative Expenses $50,000 Administrative salaries $50,000

d. Manufacturing Overhead $13,600 Selling and Administrative Expenses $5,200 Rent Expenses $18,800

e. Manufacturing Overhead $16,000 Utilities Expense $16,000

f. Selling and Administrative Expenses $13,000 Advertising costs $13,000

g. Manufacturing Overhead $15,000 Selling and Administrative Expenses $6,000 Depreciation Expenses $21,000

h. Work in Process $265,200 Manufacturing Overhead (Applied) $265,200 ($1.70 x $156,000)

i. Finished Goods Inventory $226,000 Work in Process $226,000

j. Cash $514,000 Sales Revenue $514,000

j. Cost of goods sold $220,000 Finished Goods Inventory $220,000

2. Manufacturing Overhead $14,700 Cost of goods sold $14,700

b. Raw materials                   $20,000

c. Payroll Expenses            $185,900

d. Rent Expenses                 $13,600

e. Utilities Expense              $16,000

g. Depreciation Expenses  $15,000

h. Work in Process                                 $265,200

Cost of goods sold (Over-applied

overhead)                          $14,700

Finished goods                                   $220,000

Over-applied manufacturing overhead (14,700)

Adjusted cost of goods sold           $205,300

A job-order costing system is a costing system that tracks the costs and revenues according to jobs, with jobs allocated job numbers.  It is unlike process costing, which tracks jobs for each process in order to determine the unit costs instead of per job.

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