Question

Process Costing Journal Entries. Assume a company has two processing departments—Molding and Packaging. Transactions for the month are shown as follows. 1. The Molding department requisitioned direct materials totaling $2,000 to be used in production. 2. Direct labor costs totaling $3,500 were incurred in the Molding department, to be paid the next month. 3. Manufacturing overhead costs applied to products in the Molding department totaled $2,500. 4. The cost of goods transferred from the Molding department to the Packaging department totaled $10,000. 5. Manufacturing overhead costs applied to products in the Packaging department totaled $1,800.

Answer 1

1	Work in process-Molding department	2000
	Raw materials inventory		2000
2	Work in process-Molding department	3500
	Wages payable		3500
3	Work in process-Molding department	2500
	Manufacturing overhead		2500
4	Work in process-Packaging department	10000
	Work in process-Molding department		10000
5	Work in process-Packaging department	1800
	Manufacturing overhead		1800