Question

Bunnell Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. On January 1, the company's inventory balances were as follows: Raw materials $40,000 Work in process $18,000 Finished goods $35,000 The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of direct labor-hours. For the current year, the company's predetermined overhead rate of $16.25 per direct labor-hour was based on a cost formula that estimated $650,000 of total manufacturing overhead for an estimated activity level of 40,000 direct labor-hours. The following transactions were recorded for the year: a. Raw materials were purchased on account, $510,000. b. Raw materials used in production, $480,000. All of of the raw materials were used as direct materials. c. The following costs were accrued for employee services: direct labor, $600,000; indirect labor, $150,000; selling and administrative salaries, $240,000. d. Incurred various selling and administrative expenses (e.g., advertising, sales travel costs, and finished goods warehousing), $367,000. e. Incurred various manufacturing overhead costs (e.g., depreciation, insurance, and utilities), $500,000. f. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production. The company actually worked 41,000 direct labor-hours on all jobs during the year. g. Jobs costing $1,680,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets were completed during the year. h. Jobs were sold on account to customers during the year for a total of $2,800,000. The jobs cost $1,690,000 to manufacture according to their job cost sheets. Required: 1. What is the journal entry to record raw materials used in production? 2. What is the ending balance in Raw Materials?

Answer 1

1)

Journal Entry to record the raw materials used in production:

Date	Account Titles and Explanation	Debit	Credit
b)	Work-in Process Inventory	$480,000
	Raw Materials Inventory		$480,000
	(To record the usage of direct materials into the production)

2)

Beginning balance of Raw materials	$40,000
Add: Purchase of raw materials	$510,000
Less: Raw materials used in the production	($480,000)
Ending balance of Raw materials	$70,000

Therefore, ending balance of raw materials is $70,000.