chapter 3 book: job order costing Flashcards
cost accounting
measuring, recording, and reporting of product costs
what can be achieved with the cost accounting information?
which products to produce
what price to charge
the amounts to produce
cost accounting system
consists of accounts for the various manufacturing costs
what is an important feature of cost accounting system?
the perpetual inventory system
the perpetual inventory system
provides immediate, up-to-date information on the cost of a product
what are the two basic types of cost accounting systems?
(1) a job order cost system
(2) a process cost system
a job order cost system
the company assigns costs to each job or to each batch of goods
ex: production of a movie by Disney
each job or batch has its own distinguishing characteristics
ex: each house is custom built
A job order cost system measures costs for each com- pleted job, rather than for set time periods
what is the objective with the job order cost system?
The objective is to compute the cost per job
when does a company use the process cost system?
when it manufactures a large volume of similar products
how does the process cost system work?
it accumu- lates product-related costs for a period of time (such as a week or a month)
it does not assing costs to specific products or job orders
companies assign the costs to departments or processes for the specified period of time
can a company use both the process cost system and the job order cost system?
ye boyyyy
how do the costs flow in a job order cost system?
it parallels the physical flow of the materials as they are converted into finished goods
show the steps of the flow of the job order cost system?
- manufacturing costs
- work in process inventory
- finished goods inventory
- costs of goods sold
what do you do in the journal entries when you first buy the raw materials?
you debit the costs of the materials to Raw Materials Inventory
you then later credit either A/P, cash, or whatever you used to buy
factory labor costs consist of?
(1) gross earnings of factory workers
(2) employer payroll taxes on these earnings
(3) fringe benefits (such as sick pay, pensions, and vacation pay) incurred by the employer
the factory labor costs are credited or debited when doing journal entries?
you debit labor costs to Factory Labor
the costs are later credited depending which one it is
which overhead costs are recorded daily?
machinery repairs
the use of indirect materials
indirect labor
which overhead costs are recorded periodically with adjusting entries?
how is this done?
property taxes
depreciation
insurance
done with a summary entry
what does a summary entry do?
ummarizes the totals from multiple transactions
debits the Manufacturing Overhead
credits all the costs that are payable
what is the job cost sheet?
a form used to record the costs chargeable to a specific job
to determine the total and unit costs of the completed job
constitutes the subsidiary ledger for the Work in Process Inventory account
is there a separate job cost sheet for each job?
yeee
what does a subsidiary ledge consist of?
individual records for each individual item )each individual job)
why is the Work in Process account is referred to as a control account in the job cost sheet?
because it summarizes the detailed data regarding specific jobs contained in the job cost sheets
what must each entry to Work in Process Inventory be accompanied by?
must be accompanied by a corresponding posting to one or more job cost sheets
when do companies issue raw materials costs?
when their materials storeroom issues the materials
materials requisition slip
allows companies to request raw materials
can raw materials be both direct and indirect materials?
yeee
how are direct and indirect raw materials written in the journal entries when they get requested?
direct materials debited as Work in Process Inventory
Indirect materials credited as Manufacturing Overhead
Raw materials Inventory is credited