Question

Conrad, Inc. recently lost a portion of its records in an office fire. The following information was salvaged from the accounting records.

Cost of Goods Sold $ 65,000
Work-in-Process Inventory, Beginning 10,500
Work-in-Process Inventory, Ending 9,000
Selling and Administrative Expense 15,000
Finished Goods Inventory, Ending 15,000
Finished Goods Inventory, Beginning?
Direct Materials Used ?
Factory Overhead Applied 12,000
Operating Income 14,000
Direct Materials Inventory, Beginning 11,000
Direct Materials Inventory, Ending 6,000
Cost of Goods Manufactured 60,000
Direct labor cost incurred during the period amounted to 1.5 times the factory overhead. The CFO of Fisher, Inc. has asked you to recalculate the following accounts and to report to him by the end of the day. What is the amount of direct materials used?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Direct materials used = Cost of goods manufactured - work in process inventory, beginning - factory overhead applied - direct labor + work in process inventory, ending

= $60,000 - $10,500 - $12,000 - (1.5 × $12,000) + $9,000

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