1. Cost of completed jobs are debited to what account in managerial accounting?  2. Cost of jobs sold are debited to what account in managerial accounting?  3. Given that labor and materials are charged directly why is overhead applied to jobs?

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1. Cost of completed jobs are debited to what account in managerial accounting
2. Cost of jobs sold are debited to what account in managerial accounting? 
3. Given that labor and materials are charged directly why is overhead applied to jobs? 

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Step 1: Job costing - Introduction

A job costing system is used for allocating costs to a specific job. A job is an unit cost driver. In this system, a job cost sheet is maintained through which all the costs incurred in the job are accumulated. At the end of the job or at the completion, all costs are traced to that job, allocated to it, and total cost per unit of that job is calculated. 

A completed job is charged to the finished goods. The journal entry passed for this:

Finished Goods Inventory A/c                       Dr.          $xxx 

     Work-in-Process Inventory A/c                                        $xxx

So, cost of completed jobs are charged to the finished goods inventory account. 

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