Question

Ellis Corporation is a manufacturer that uses job-order costing. The company has supplied the following data for the just completed year: Raw materials purchased on account $475,000 Raw materials (all direct) requisitioned for use in production $476,000 Direct labor cost $640,000 Manufacturing overhead: Indirect labor cost $174,000 Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred $498,000 Cost of goods manufactured $1,469,000 Cost of goods sold (unadjusted) $1,430,000 6. The journal entry to record the transfer of completed goods from Work in Process to Finished Goods is:

Answer 1

Answer:

It is the Cost of Goods Manufactured that should be transferred to the Finished Goods account. As both of them are asset account, adding to the Finished Goods account would debit it and taking from the Work in Process account would credit it.

Date                 Account Title                                          Debit                Credit

XX-XX-XXX     Finished Goods                                $1,469,000

                        Work in Process                                                       $1,469,000