Question

PART B – Journal Entries:  Prepare journal entries for the month of March to record the below transactions (make sure to use proper journal entry formatting and include a brief description of each entry).

1. Raw materials purchases (on credit).  Assume the firm purchased $282,000 worth of raw materials in March.
2. Direct materials used in production:  Mixing Department: $250,000;  Packaging Department: $16,500.
3. Direct labor used in production (assume not paid in Cash, use the Factory Wages Payable account for the credit):  Mixing Department: $60,000;  Packaging Department:  $31,800.
4. Overhead costs applied:  Mixing Department: $84,000;  Packaging Department:  $44,520.
5. Actual Indirect materials used:  $16,200.
6. Actual Indirect labor used (assume did not pay Cash, use the ‘Factory Wages Payable’ account for the credit):  $23,700.
7. Actual other overhead costs incurred:  $88,750 (credit the ‘Cash’ account)
8. Transfer of costs of units transferred out from the Mixing Department to the Packaging Department (amount calculated in A.3.a. above).
9. Transfer of costs of completed units transferred out from the Packaging Department to Finished Goods Inventory.  Assume the costs of these finished goods transferred out from the Packaging Department to Finished Goods Inventory during March was $194,200.
10. Transfer of costs from Finished Goods Inventory to COGS.  Assume the costs of the units sold transferred from Finished Goods to COGS was $119,100.
11. Assignment of any underapplied or overapplied overhead to the Cost of Goods Sold account (Assume the amount is not material).

Answer 1

Journal Entries for the month of march:

Particulars	Debit ($)	Credit($)
Raw Material	282,000
- Accounts Payable		282,000
To record purchase of raw material
Mixing Department-RM	250,000
Packaging Department-RM	16,500
- Raw material		266,500
To record material transferred to mixing and packaging department
Direct Labour-mixing	60,000
Direct Labour-packaging	31,800
- Factory wages payable account		91,800
To record the direct labour
Indirect Material	16,200
- cash		16,200
To record indirect material used
Indirect labour	23,700
- Factory wages payable		23,700
To record indirect labour used.
Other overheads	88,750
- cash		88,750
To record the other overheads incurred