job cost journal entries prior to the beginning of 2016, lowe company estimated that it would incur $264,000 of manufacturing overhead cost during 2016, using 24,000 direct labor hours to produce the desired volume of goods. on january 1,2016, beginning balances of materials inventory, work in process inventory, and finished goods inventory were $42,000, $-0-, and $64,500, respectively. required prepare general journal entries to record the following for 2016. a. purchased materials on account, $58,500.