IN THE COURSE OF ROUTINE CHECKING OF ALL JOURNAL ENTRIES PRIOR TO PREPARING YEAR-END REPORTS, SALLY YOUNT DISCOVERED SEVERAL STRANGE ENTRIES. SHE RECALLED THAT THE PRESIDENT’S SON KEN HAD COME IN TO HELP OUT DURING AN ESPECIALLY BUSY TIME AND THAT HE HAD RECORDED SOME JOURNAL ENTRIES. SHE WAS RELIEVED THAT THERE WERE ONLY A FEW OF HIS ENTRIES, AND EVEN MORE RELIEVED THAT HE HAD INCLUDED RATHER LENGHTLY EXPLANATIONS. THE ENTRIES KEN MADE WERE :

1.
Work In Process Inventory 25,000
Cash 25,000
(This is for materials put into process. I don’t find the record that we paid for these, so I’m crediting Cash because I know we’ll have to pay for them sooner or later. )


2.
Manufacturing Overhead 12,000
Cash 12,000
(This is for bonuses paid to salespeople. I know they’re part of overhead, and I can’t find an account called “Non-factory Overhead” or “Other Overhead” so I’m putting it in Manufacturing Overhead. I have the check stubs, so I know we paid these. )


3.
Wages Expenses 120,000
Cash 120,000
(This is for the factory worker’s wages. I have a note that payroll taxes are $12000. I still think that’s part of wages expenses, and that we’ll have to pay it all in cash sooner or later, so I credited Cash for the wages and the taxes. )


4.
Work In Process Inventory 3,000
Raw Material Inventory 3,000
(This is for the glue used in the factory. I know we used this to make the products, even thought we didn’t use very much on any one of the products. I got it out of inventory, so I credited an inventory account.)

Instructions
(a) How should Ken have recorded each of the four events?
(b) If the entry was not corrected, which financial statement (income statement or balance sheet) would be affected? What balances would be overstated or understated?

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My answer is :
Case 3

a. How should ken have recorded each of the 4 events?

He should recorded them as job cost, since it make it easier for them to keep on track which recorded / job been done. It must be made on daily basis.

B. If the entry was not corrected which financial statement (income statement/ balance sheet) should be affected? What balance would be overstated or understated?
Balance sheet would be understated. This was due to the mistake that been made by ken. He should record the cash as accrual account. The first transaction is in the right position-debit side. Credit side should be at the accrual account. Since the amount haven’t been made / paid yet.



*****can anyone help me to confirm my answer? Thanks

Your answers aren't really answers. They're asking how each of the 4 entries should have been recorded. i.e. how would you record the four separate entries? And it also wants to know the affect on the balance sheet for each of the four separate entries. You're trying to lump it all as one thing. There's 4 entries here and you have to look at each one as its own thing.