Question

Entries for Flow of Factory Costs for Process Cost System Sweeties, Inc., manufactures a sugar product by a continuous process, involving three production departments-Refining, Sifting, and Packing. Assume that records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for the first department, Refining, were $419,100, $146,700, and $96,400, respectively. Also, work in process in the Refining Department at the beginning of the period totaled $23,500, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $28,900. a. Journalize the entries to record the flow of costs into the Refining Department during the period for (1) direct materials, (2) direct labor, and (3) factory overhead. 2. b. Journalize the entry to record the transfer of production costs to the second department, Sifting.

Answer 1

Solution

Sweeties Inc

1. Entries to record the flow of costs into the refining department during the period for (1) direct materials, (2) direct labor and (3) factory overhead:

Account Titles	Debit	Credit
Work in Process - Refining Department
Material Cost	$419,100
Work in Process - Refining Department	$146,700
Wages Payable		$146,700
Work in Process - Refining Department	$96,400
Factory overhead - refining department		$96,400

2. Entry to record transfer of production costs to the next department:

Account Titles	Debit	Credit
Work in Process - Refining Department	$662,200
Work in process - Sifting Department		$662,200