The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 65% of media purchases. On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs:   August 1 Balances Vault Bank $270,000 Take Off Airlines  80,000 Sleepy Tired Hotels 210,000 Tastee Beverages 115,000 Total $675,000   During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts:   Direct Labor Media Purchases Vault Bank $190,000 $710,000 Take Off Airlines  85,000  625,000 Sleepy Tired Hotels 372,000  455,000 Tastee Beverages 421,000 340,000 Total $1,068,000 $2,130,000   At the end of August, both the Vault Bank and Take Off Airlines campaigns were completed. The costs of completed campaigns are debited to the cost of services account. Required:   Journalize the four summary entries on August 31 to record each of the following for the month. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

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The Fly Company provides advertising services for clients across the nation. The Fly Company is presently working on four projects, each for a different client. The Fly Company accumulates costs for each account (client) on the basis of both direct costs and allocated indirect costs. The direct costs include the charged time of professional personnel and media purchases (air time and ad space). Overhead is allocated to each project as a percentage of media purchases. The predetermined overhead rate is 65% of media purchases.
On August 1, the four advertising projects had the following accumulated costs:
  August 1 Balances
Vault Bank $270,000
Take Off Airlines  80,000
Sleepy Tired Hotels 210,000
Tastee Beverages 115,000
Total $675,000
 
During August, The Fly Company incurred the following direct labor and media purchase costs related to preparing advertising for each of the four accounts:
  Direct Labor Media Purchases
Vault Bank $190,000 $710,000
Take Off Airlines  85,000  625,000
Sleepy Tired Hotels 372,000  455,000
Tastee Beverages 421,000 340,000
Total $1,068,000 $2,130,000
 
At the end of August, both the Vault Bank and Take Off Airlines campaigns were completed. The costs of completed campaigns are debited to the cost of services account.
Required:
  Journalize the four summary entries on August 31 to record each of the following for the month. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
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