Microsmart,Inc.'s ending balances for Work-in-Process and Finished Goods Inventory were $365,800 and $743,200,respectively.The unadjusted Cost of Goods Sold was $1,543,700,and underapplied manufacturing overhead amounted to $148,000,which was deemed significant.When Microsmart closed out the underapplied manufacturing overhead,the Cost of Goods Sold account would have been: (rounded to the nearest whole dollar)
A)credited for $148,000
B)debited for $106,324
C)debited for $86,126
D)credited for $14,189

Question

Microsmart,Inc.'s ending balances for Work-in-Process and Finished Goods Inventory were $365,800 and $743,200,respectively.The unadjusted Cost of Goods Sold was $1,543,700,and underapplied manufacturing overhead amounted to $148,000,which was deemed significant.When Microsmart closed out the underapplied manufacturing overhead,the Cost of Goods Sold account would have been: (rounded to the nearest whole dollar) 
A)credited for $148,000
B)debited for $106,324
C)debited for $86,126
D)credited for $14,189

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To calculate the cost of goods sold after adjusting for underapplied manufacturing overhead, we need to add the amount of underapplied overhead to the unadjusted cost of goods sold, which gives us:

$1,543,700 + $148,000 = $1,691,700

Then, we need to subtract the ending balance of finished goods inventory from this amount to find the cost of goods sold:

$1,691,700 - $743,200 = $948,500

Therefore, the Cost of Goods Sold account would be debited for $948,500. However, this is not one of the answer choices. The closest choice is C, which is debited for $86,126. This means that there is an error in the answer choices provided, and the correct answer would be debited for $948,500.