Problem

The following calendar year-end information is taken from the December 31, 2011, adjusted...

The following calendar year-end information is taken from the December 31, 2011, adjusted trial balance and other records of Plaza Company.

Advertising expense

$ 30,750

Direct labor 

$ 677,480

Depreciation expense–Office equipment

9,250

Income taxes expense 

235,725

Depreciation expense–Selling equipment

10,600

Indirect labor 

58,875

Depreciation expense–Factory equipment

35,550

Miscellaneous production costs 

10,425

Factory supervision

104,600

Office salaries expense 

65,000

Factory supplies used

9,350

Raw materials purchases 

927,000

Factory utilities

35,000

Raw expense–Office space

24,000

Inventories

 

Rent expense—Selling space

28,100

Raw materials, December 31, 2010

168,850

Rent expense–Factory building

78,800

Raw materials, December 31, 2011

184,000

Maintenance expense–Factory equipment

37,400

Goods in process, December 31,2010

17,700

Sales 

4,527,000

Goods in process, December 31,2011

21,380

Sales discounts 

64,500

Finished goods, December 31, 2010

169,350

Sales salaries expense

394,560

Finished goods, December 31,2011

138,490

 

 

Required

1. Prepare the company’s 2011 manufacturing statement.


2. Prepare the company’s 2011 income statement that reports separate categories for (a) selling expenses and (b) general and administrative expenses.

Analysis Component


3.Compute the (a) inventory turnover, defined as cost of goods sold divided by average inventory, and (b) days’ sales in inventory, defined as 365 times ending inventory divided by cost of goods sold, for both its raw materials inventory and its finished goods inventory. (To compute turnover and days’ sales in inventory for raw materials, use raw materials used rather than cost of goods sold.) Discuss some possible reasons for differences between these ratios for the two types of inventories. Round answers to one decimal place.

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