Lakatos Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs. There is no variable manufacturing overhead. The standard cost card for the company's only product contains the following information concerning direct materials:
During the year, the company completed the following transactions concerning direct materials:
a. Purchased 151,800 kilos of raw material at a price of $9.70 per kilo.
b. Used 140,870 kilos of the raw material to produce 38,100 units of work in process.
The company calculated the following direct materials variances for the year:
Assume that all transactions are recorded on the below worksheet, which is similar to the worksheet shown in your text except that it has been divided into two parts so that it fits on one page. The beginning balances in each of the accounts have been given. PP&E (net) stands for Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation.

-When recording the raw materials used in production in transaction (b)above,the Raw Materials inventory account will increase (decrease)by:
A) $1,366,439
B) $1,267,830
C) ($1,366,439)
D) ($1,267,830)

Question

Lakatos Corporation manufactures one product. It does not maintain any beginning or ending Work in Process inventories. The company uses a standard cost system in which inventories are recorded at their standard costs. There is no variable manufacturing overhead. The standard cost card for the company's only product contains the following information concerning direct materials:
  During the year, the company completed the following transactions concerning direct materials:
a. Purchased 151,800 kilos of raw material at a price of $9.70 per kilo.
b. Used 140,870 kilos of the raw material to produce 38,100 units of work in process.
The company calculated the following direct materials variances for the year:
  Assume that all transactions are recorded on the below worksheet, which is similar to the worksheet shown in your text except that it has been divided into two parts so that it fits on one page. The beginning balances in each of the accounts have been given. PP&E (net) stands for Property, Plant, and Equipment net of depreciation.
  
-When recording the raw materials used in production in transaction (b)above,the Raw Materials inventory account will increase (decrease)by:
A) $1,366,439 
B) $1,267,830 
C) ($1,366,439) 
D) ($1,267,830)

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Raw Materials decreases by the standard cost of the raw materials used in production, which is AQ × SP = 140,870 kilos × $9.00 per kilo = $1,267,830.

Lakatos Corporation Manufactures One Product