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Edison Company manufactures wool blankets and accounts for product costs using process cos...

Edison Company manufactures wool blankets and accounts for product costs using process costing. The following information is available regarding its May inventories.

 

Beginning Inventory

Ending Inventory

Raw materials inventory 

$ 28,000 

$ 25,500 

Goods in process inventory 

220,750

252,000  

Finished goods inventory 

319,000

277,000

The following additional information describes the company’s production activities for May.

Raw materials purchases (on credit)  

$135,000

Factory payroll cost (paid in cash)  

791,500

Other overhead cost (Other Accounts credited)  

43,000

Materials used

 

Direct  

$93,500

Indirect  

31,000

Labor used

 

Direct  

$352,000

Indirect  

439,500

Overhead rate as a percent of direct labor 

110%

Sales (on credit)  

$1,500,000

Required

1. Compute the cost of (a) products transferred from production to finished goods, and (b) goods sold.


2. Prepare summary journal entries dated May 31 to record the following production activities during May: (a) raw materials purchases, (b) direct materials usage, (c) indirect materials usage, (d) payroll costs, (e) direct labor costs, (f) indirect labor costs, (g) other overhead costs, (h) overhead applied, (i) goods transferred from production to finished goods, and (j) sale of finished goods.

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