Jacobs Company manufactures refrigerators. The company uses a budgeted indirect-cost rate for its manufacturing operations and during 20X5 allocated $1,000,000 to work-in-process inventory. Actual overhead incurred was $1,100,000.

Ending balances in the following accounts are:
Work-in-Process $ 100,000
Finished Goods 750,000
Cost of Goods Sold 4,150,000

Required:

a. Prepare a journal entry to write off the difference between allocated and actual overhead directly to Cost of Goods Sold. Be sure your journal entry closes the related overhead accounts.

b. Prepare a journal entry that prorates the write-off of the difference between allocated and actual overhead using ending account balances. Be sure your journal entry closes the related overhead accounts.