Journal Entries under Standard Costing Appendix Posting Journal Entries for Variances AppendixLO
Saskatewan Can Company manufactures recyclable softdrink cans. A unit of production is a case of dozen cans. The following standards have been set by the productionengineering staff and the controller.
Direct Labor: direct material
Quantity hour quantity kilograms
Rate per hour price per kilogram
Actual material purchases amounted to kilograms at $ per kilogram. Actual costs incurred in the production of units were as follows:
Direct labor: for hours
Direct material: for kilograms
Required:
Prepare the following journal entries. If no entry is required for a transactionevent select No journal entry required" in the first account field. Do not round intermediate calculations.
Record the purchase of direct material on account and the directmaterial purchase price variance.
Record the addition of directmaterial cost to workinprocess inventory and the directmaterial quantity variance.
Record the addition of directlabor cost to workinprocess inventory and the directlabor variances.
Record the closing of the directmaterial and directlabor variances to cost of goods sold.
Post the journal entries prepared above to the appropriate Taccounts below. Be sure to select from the dropdown menu the transaction number associated with each amount posted.
raw material inventory
workinprocess inventory
accounts payable
wages payable
cost of goods sold
direct material purchase price variance
direct material quantity variance
direct labor quantity variance
direct labor rate variance
direct labor efficiency variance