ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

PROCESS COSTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A product requires processing in two departments, the Baking Department and then the Packaging Department, before it is completed. Costs transferred out of the Baking Department will be transferred to: ____
A
Finished Goods Inventory.
B
Cost of Goods Sold.
C
Work in Process Inventory-Packaging Department.
D
Manufacturing Overhead.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A product requires processing in two departments, the Baking Department and then the Packaging Department, before it is completed. Costs transferred out of the Baking Department will be transferred to: a) Finished Goods Inventory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The manufacturing cost that is transferred from one production process to another (for example, from production to packaging) is called the: transferred-in cost.

Detailed explanation-3: -The equivalent units of production is the sum of units completed and transferred out and the equivalent units of ending work in process inventory (5, 000 units X 60%) or 20, 000 + 3, 000 = 23, 000 units. Equivalent units of production measure the amount of work that should be completed during a period.

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