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Problem

Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. It started only two jobs during March-Job P and Job Q. Job P was completed and sold by the end of the March and Job Q was incomplete at the end of the March. The company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor-hours. The following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for Jobs P and Q (all data and questions relate to the month of March): Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 Estimated variable manufacturing overhead per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 Estimated total direct labor-hours to be worked 2,000 Total actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred $ 12,500 Job P Job Q Direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 Direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 Actual direct labor-hours worked 1,400 500.

Question : Assume the ending raw materials inventory is $ 1,000 and the company does not use any indirect materials. Prepare the journal entries to record raw materials purchases and the issuance of direct materials for use in production.