Ashlee Company records standard costs and variances in its accounts. Journalize the entry to record the purchase of 4,500 widgets at $7.45 per unit, assuming widgets have a standard cost of $7.15 per unit.

Standard Costs

Predetermined costs for manufacturing a product or delivering a service, used as targets or benchmarks.

Variances

The differences between planned, budgeted, or standard costs and actual costs.

Widgets

A generic term often used to refer to any product or manufactured item for examples or hypothetical situations.