2023 Lubricants Inc produces a special kind of grease that is widely used by race car drivers The grease is produced | Assignments Online

Lubricants, Inc., produces a special kind of grease that is widely used by race car drivers. The grease is produced in two processing departments: Refining and Blending. Raw materials are introduced at various points in the Refining Department. The following incomplete Work in Process account is available for the Refining Department for March:

The March 1 work in process inventory in the Refining Department consists of the following elements: materials, $25,000; direct labor, $4,000; and overhead, $9,000. Costs incurred during March in the Blending Department were: materials used, $115,000; direct labor, $18,000; and overhead cost applied to production, $42,000.
Required:
1.Prepare journal entries to record the costs incurred in both the Refining Department and Blending Department during March. Key your entries to the items (a) through (g) below.
a. Raw materials were issued for use in production.
b. Direct labor costs were incurred.
c. Manufacturing overhead costs for the entire factory were incurred, $225,000. (Credit Accounts Payable.)
d. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production using a predetermined overhead rate.
e. Units that were complete with respect to processing in the Refining Department were transferred to the Blending Department, $740,000.
f Units that were complete with respect to processing in the Blending Department were transferred to Finished Goods, $950,000.
g. Completed units were sold on account, $1,500,000. The Cost of Goods Sold was $900,000.
2. Post the journal entries from (1) above to T-accounts. The following account balances existed at the beginning of March. (The beginning balance in the Refining Department’s Work in Process account is given on the prior page.)

After posting the entries to the T-accounts, find the ending balance in the inventory accounts and the manufacturing overheadaccount.