process, with a cost of Kshs 9,000.Direct labour cost for the month was Kshs.3,840.Production overhead is absorbed at rate of 200%of direct labour cost. Closing WIP in the month were 100 units. These were 80% complete. There was no loss during the process. Required. (i) Determine the unit cost of an item. (ii) Determine the full production cost of completed units during
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
(b) P Ltd produces a certain food item in a manufacturing process. During Dec 2021, 500 units of material were input to process, with a cost of Kshs 9,000.Direct labour cost for the month was Kshs.3,840.Production overhead is absorbed at rate of 200%of direct labour cost. Closing WIP in the month were 100 units. These were 80% complete. There was no loss during the process.
Required.
(i) Determine the unit cost of an item.
(ii) Determine the full production cost of completed units during the month of Dec.2021
(iii) Determine the value of w-i-p as at 31st December 2021
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