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The Following Data Is Available for Sykes Company, a Small \quad

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The following data is available for Sykes Company, a small manufacturing firm, for the month of
October:
Actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred \quad \quad $158,000
Manufacturing overhead allocated to jobs \quad \quad \quad \quad 108,000
Under allocated manufacturing overhead \quad \quad \quad \quad $50,000

At the end of the month the accounting records indicate:

Jobs still in Work in Process \quad \quad \quad 30%
Jobs still in Ending Inventory \quad \quad \quad 20%
Jobs completed and sold \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad 50%

Assume that the amount of under allocated manufacturing overhead is considered material.
Indicate the direction (increase/decrease) and amount of the adjustment Sykes Company will make, to dispose of the under allocation, to each of the following inventory accounts:
Work in Process: ________
Ending Inventory: ________
Cost of Goods Sold: ________

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Work in Process: Increase by 3...

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