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Question: Low Range produces fleece jackets. The company uses JIT costing for its JIT production system.

Low Range has two inventory accounts: Raw and In-Process Inventory and

Finished Goods Inventory. On March 1, 2018, the account balances were Raw and In-Process Inventory, \(9,000; Finished Goods Inventory, \)1,700.

The standard cost of a jacket is \(40, composed of \)12 direct materials plus \(28 conversion costs. Data for March’s activities follow:

Number of jackets completed                                                            15,000

Number of jackets sold (on account, for \)50 each)                          14,600

Direct materials purchased (on account)                                      \( 177,500

Conversion costs incurred                                                            \) 521,000

 

Requirements

2. Prepare summary journal entries for March. Underallocated or overallocated conversion costs are adjusted to Cost of Goods Sold monthly.

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Answer

The unallocated conversion cost amounts to $101,000.

1Step 1: Summary of journal entries for March transactions

 

Journal entry

 

 

Date

Description

Debit

Credit

 

 

 

 

Trans. 1

Raw and In-Process Inventory

$ 177,500

 

 

               Accounts Payable

 

$ 177,500

 

Being inventories purchased on credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trans. 2

Conversion Costs 

    521,000

 

 

     Labor and overheads cost payable

 

   521,000

 

Being conversion cost incurred

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trans. 3

Finished goods inventory

    600,000

 

 

           Raw and In-process inventory 

 

   180,000

 

              Conversion Costs

 

   420,000

 

Being completed 15,000 goods transferred to the finished inventory account at standard cost

 

 

2Step 2: Journal entries for Sales transaction

Date

Description

Debit

Credit

 

 

 

 

Trans. 4

Accounts Receivables

$ 730,000

 

 

               Sales Revenue

 

$ 730,000

 

Being goods sold on credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trans. 5

Cost of goods sold

    584,000

 

 

     Finished goods inventory

 

   584,000

 

Being cost of goods sold for sold units at standard cost

 

 

3Step 3: Journal entries for Adjustment

Date

Description

Debit

Credit

 

 

 

 

Trans. 6

Cost of goods sold

$ 101,000

 

 

            Conversion cost 

 

$ 101,000

 

Being under allocated conversion cost transferred to cost of goods sold account