What is the journal entry to record freight-out?
Freight-out is considered a selling expense and is expensed when incurred. When a company hires a 3rd party transportation company to transport inventory to a customer, the company would debit freight-out expense (selling expense) and credit cash (cash outflow to pay shipping company). Alternatively, the credit would be to accounts payable if they paid on credit.

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How is freight-in and freight-out treated in the financial statements?
The key difference to understand is that freight-in is incurred to ship materials to the company’s production facility. Freight-in is part of the production process and will be capitalized into inventory and expensed through cost of goods sold when the product is sold. Freight-in is the cost incurred to ship finished goods to a distributor...
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What is the journal entry to record freight-in?
Freight-in is capitalized onto the balance sheet since it’s considered a production cost. Therefore, when freight-in is incurred, the company would debit inventory (freight-in) and credit cash (cash outflow to pay the expense). Freight-in only flows through cost of goods sold when inventory is sold and revenue is recognized.
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What are selling expenses?
Any cost or expenses that is incurred to sell or promote a product or service is considered a “selling expense”. Selling expenses are a key category of operating expenses, which means they are subtracted from gross profit to calculate operating profit. Selling expenses are typically categorized as period expenses, which means that they are recognized...
How is freight-in and freight-out treated in the financial statements?
The key difference to understand is that freight-in is incurred to ship materials to the company’s production facility. Freight-in is part of the production process and will be capitalized into inventory and expensed through cost of goods sold when the product is sold. Freight-in is the cost incurred to ship finished goods to a distributor...
What is the journal entry to record freight-in?
Freight-in is capitalized onto the balance sheet since it’s considered a production cost. Therefore, when freight-in is incurred, the company would debit inventory (freight-in) and credit cash (cash outflow to pay the expense). Freight-in only flows through cost of goods sold when inventory is sold and revenue is recognized.
What are selling expenses?
Any cost or expenses that is incurred to sell or promote a product or service is considered a “selling expense”. Selling expenses are a key category of operating expenses, which means they are subtracted from gross profit to calculate operating profit. Selling expenses are typically categorized as period expenses, which means that they are recognized...