Process Costing Journal Entries Assume a company has two pro

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.

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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