Question

The accounting records of Omar Company contained the following information for last year: Beginning Ending Direct materials inventory........................ $9,000 $7,000 Work in process inventory....................... $17,000 $31,000 Finished goods inventory........................ $10,000 $15,000 Manufacturing costs incurred Direct materials used............................... $72,000 Overhead applied..................................... $24,000 Direct labor cost (10,000 hours).............. $80,000 Depreciation............................................. $10,000 Rent......................................................... $12,000 Taxes........................................................ $8,000 Cost of goods sold................................... $157,000* * Selling and administrative costs incurred Advertising.............................................. $35,000 Rent......................................................... $20,000 Clerical..................................................... $25,000 *Does not include over- or underapplied overhead. Q1. The amount of direct material purchased during the year was:

Answer 1

Answer:

$70,000

Explanation:

The amount of direct material purchased during the year will be arrived at by working back from the amount of Direct Materials used within the year, then we less opening stock of Direct Material because obviously that was not purchased within the year but was carried over from previous period; and finally we add closing stock of Direct Material because that was left over from what was bought during the current period.

Direct materials used............................... $72,000

Beginning Direct materials inventory... ($9,000)

Ending Direct materials inventory.......... $7,000

Direct material purchased ........................$70,000