Question

In the Excel, or spreadsheet, approach to recording financial transactions, if manufacturing overhead is underapplied by X dollars, the Manufacturing Overhead account is closed out by deducting X dollars in the Manufacturing Overhead column and deducting X dollars in the Retained Earnings column.
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Answer:

False.

Explanation:

To close the underapplied Manufacturing Overhead account requires that the Cost of Goods Sold is debited, say with $100 while the Manufacturing Overhead account is credited with the same amount.  Underapplied Manufacturing Overhead account means that a debit balance is left after applying the overhead to production.  To close this debit, therefore, a credit entry is required to the manufacturing overhead account.  The corresponding debit entry goes to the Cost of Goods Sold, or this may be apportioned among Cost of Goods Sold, Finished Goods Inventory, and Work-in-Process, as may be the case.