Process cost accounting
1. If the factory labor cost for a month was $123,000 (paid in cash), the following journal entry would be recorded by the process cost accounting system
Factory Payroll 123,000
Cash 123,000
2.If actual overhead incurred during a period exceeds applied overhead, the difference will be a credit balance in the Factory Overhead account at the end of the period
3.To determine unit cost under a process cost accounting system, equivalent units produced must be calculated if the company has goods in process inventories