P & J Distilleries makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of production for the month ending 31st January were as follows: Processs Fermenting Distilling Bottling Input material: 65,000 litres $780,000 Material added $89,000 Direct Labour cost $114,600 $153,500 $225,600 Manufacturing Overhead $122,000 $126,000 $193,100 Normal losses 8% 5% 5% Output 55,000 litres 53,000 litres 48,000 litres Scrap value of losses - $18.00/litre $30.00/litre The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence there is no opening or closing stock of product in process. Required: i) The process account for each process: and ii) The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing P & J's true loss/gain.
Process Costing
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P & J Distilleries makes one of its products by way of three separate stages. Details of production for the month ending 31st January were as follows:
Processs
| Fermenting | Distilling | Bottling | |
| Input material: 65,000 litres | $780,000 | ||
| Material added | $89,000 | ||
| Direct Labour cost | $114,600 | $153,500 | $225,600 |
| Manufacturing Overhead | $122,000 | $126,000 | $193,100 |
| Normal losses | 8% | 5% | 5% |
| Output | 55,000 litres | 53,000 litres | 48,000 litres |
| Scrap value of losses | - | $18.00/litre | $30.00/litre |
The nature of the process requires equipment to be cleaned at the end of each month; hence there is no opening or closing stock of product in process.
Required:
i) The process account for each process: and ii) The abnormal loss/gain account(s) showing P & J's true loss/gain.
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