Question

Tough Hardware purchases raw materials and processes those purchases through a receiving/inspection process prior to stocking for production. Tough places 3 purchase orders for materials for production and receives the goods that day. The first PO is for 2,500 1/2" × 96" milling blanks at $2.75 each. The second is for 4,000 pieces of 48" × 96" × 1" sheet steel at $15.55 each. The third PO is for five 5 gallon drums of milling lubrication oil at $475.00 per barrel.

The receiving/inspection process is completed and the goods are transferred from Receiving Inventory to Raw Materials. The Receiving/Inspection Department assigns manufacturing overhead of $55.00 per purchase order as well as $2.75 per piece on metal goods and $35.00 per container on fluids. All labor is allocated through overhead.

Required:
(a) Write the journal entry to purchase and receive these items to Receiving Inventory on account.*
(b) Assign overhead to the metal goods.*
(c) Assign overhead to the fluid goods.*
(d) Transfer all goods to Raw Materials Inventory.*
*Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

Answer 1

A) The journal entry to record the first purchase order:

Dr Receiving Inventory - milling blanks 6,875

Cr Accounts payable 6,875

The journal entry to record the second purchase order:

Dr Receiving Inventory - sheet metal 62,200

Cr Accounts payable 62,200

The journal entry to record the third purchase order:

Dr Receiving Inventory - milling lubrication 2,375

Cr Accounts payable 2,375

B)

Dr Receiving Inventory - milling blanks 6,930

Cr Manufacturing overhead 6,930

Dr Receiving Inventory - sheet metal 11,055

Cr Manufacturing overhead 11,055

C)

Dr Receiving Inventory - milling lubrication 175

Cr Manufacturing overhead 175

D)

Dr Raw materials inventory 89,610

Cr Receiving Inventory - milling blanks 13,805

Cr Receiving Inventory - sheet metal 73,255

Cr Receiving Inventory - milling lubrication 2,550