Parkeville Company manufactures a single product and started the year with no inventories. Selected information about results for the period just ended include the following:             Actual fixed manufacturing overhead $ 174,000     Actual variable manufacturing overhead   135,000     Applied fixed manufacturing overhead   200,000     Applied variable manufacturing overhead   132,000     Production volume variance   16,000 F   Variable overhead efficiency variance   7,000 F       Eight percent of this period's production has not been sold. There are never any work-in-process inventories.   Required: a. Assume Parkeville writes off all variances to Cost of Goods Sold. Prepare the entries the company would make to record and close out the variances. b. Assume Parkeville prorates all variances to the appropriate accounts. Prepare the entries the company would make to record and close out the variances.

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Parkeville Company manufactures a single product and started the year with no inventories. Selected information about results for the period just ended include the following:

 

         
Actual fixed manufacturing overhead $ 174,000    
Actual variable manufacturing overhead   135,000    
Applied fixed manufacturing overhead   200,000    
Applied variable manufacturing overhead   132,000    
Production volume variance   16,000 F  
Variable overhead efficiency variance   7,000 F  
 

 

Eight percent of this period's production has not been sold. There are never any work-in-process inventories.

 

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a. Assume Parkeville writes off all variances to Cost of Goods Sold. Prepare the entries the company would make to record and close out the variances.

b. Assume Parkeville prorates all variances to the appropriate accounts. Prepare the entries the company would make to record and close out the variances.

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