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ournal Entries
Shorts Company has three process departments: Mixing, Encapsulating, and Bottling. At the beginning of the year, there were no work-in-process or finished goods inventories. The following data are available for the month of July:
Department |
Manufacturing Costs Added* |
Ending Work in Process |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixing | $83,270 | $22,700 | ||
| Encapsulating | 75,160 | 18,130 | ||
| Bottling | 71,520 | 2,980 |
*Includes only the direct materials, direct labor, and the overhead used to process the partially finished goods received from the prior department. The transferred-in cost is not included.
Required:
1. Prepare journal entries that show the transfer of costs (a) from Mixing to Encapsulating, (b) from Encapsulating to Bottling, and (c) from Bottling to finished goods inventory.
| a. | _ | ||
| b. | |||
| f | |||
| c. | |||
2. Post the entries made in Requirement 1 into the T-accounts below. The costs added from the data provided have been entered in the T-accounts.
| WIP—Mixing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 83,270 | fill in the blank | ||
| 22,700 | |||
| WIP—Encapsulating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| fill in the | fill in the blank | ||
| 75,160 | |||
| 18,130 | |||
| WIP—Bottling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| fill in the blank | fill in the blank | ||
| 71,520 | |||
| 2,980 | |||
| Finished Goods | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| fill in the blank | |||
Answer:
| Date | Account Titles and Explanation | Debit | Credit |
| 1 | Work - in - process inventory - Encapsulating | $ 60570 | |
| Work - in - process inventory - Mixing | $ 60570 | ||
| Work - in - process inventory - Bottling | $ 117600 | ||
| Work - in - process inventory - Encapsulating | $ 117600 | ||
| Finished goods inventory | $ 186140 | ||
| Work - in - process inventory - Bottling | $ 186140 | ||
| 2 | Work - in - process inventory - Mixing | ||
| $ 83270 | $ 60570 | ||
| $ 22700 | |||
| Work - in - process inventory - Encapsulating | |||
| $ 60570 | $ 117600 | ||
| $ 75160 | |||
| $ 18130 | |||
| Work - in - process inventory - Bottling | |||
| $ 117600 | $ 186140 | ||
| $ 71520 | |||
| $ 2980 | |||
| Finished goods inventory | |||
| $ 186140 |