
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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ISBN: 9781305970663
Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Transcribed Image Text:Salerno Manufacturing Company is a small family owned business that makes specialty plastic
products. Since it was started three years ago, the company has grown quickly and now employs ten
production people. Because of its size, the company uses a job order cost accounting system that
was designed around a periodic inventory system. Work sheets and special analyses are used at
Salerno to account for manufacturing costs and inventory valuations.
Two months ago, in May 20X4, the company's accountant quit. You have been called in to help
management. The attached information has been given to you.
The company purchased materials only once, during February, for $126,500. All jobs use the same
materials. For the current year, the company has been using a predetermined manufacturing
overhead rate of 140% of direct labor cost. So far, two jobs, K-2 and K-4, have been completed.
Jobs K-1 and K-2 have been shipped to customers. Job K-1 contained 3,200 units; Job K-2, 5,500
units; and Job K-4, 4,600 units.
REQUIRED: (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Using the attached forms, reconstruct the job order cost sheets for each job
worked on during the period.
Using the attached form, calculate the unit costs for Job K-1, Job K-2, and
Job K-4. Round the unit costs to the nearest cent (two decimal places).
Using the attached form, calculate the cost of goods manufactured and the
cost of goods sold for the period.
Using the attached forms and the information provided in the problem,
prepare T account analyses for all inventory accounts and the cost of goods
sold account for the current year.
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