Accounting for Cost of Goods Sold
In a job order firm, units can be produced for a particular customer or they can be produced with the expectation of selling the units as market conditions warrant
When the job is shipped to the customer, the cost of the finished job becomes the cost of the goods sold. When Job 101 is shipped, the following entries would be made, (Recall that a markup of 50 percent is used. so the selling price is 150 percent of manufacturing cost)