Required: (a) Prepare a statement of equivalent production to determine the equivalent units for direct materials (From Moulding & Direct Material Added), and conversion costs and the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs. (b) Calculate the: - Total cost of units completed and transferred to the Packaging Department - Cost of the unexpected losses - Cost of ending work-in-process inventory in the Polishing Department (c) Complete All Things Brass Work-In-Process Inventory – Polishing Process T-account, clearly showing the ending balance.
Process Costing
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Job Costing
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All Things Brass produces brass handles for the furniture industry in a four-stage process –Mixing,
Moulding, Polishing and Packaging. Costs incurred in the Polishing Department during January are
summarized as follows:
WIP - Polishing Process A/C
January 1 Bal. $ 0
Transfer from Moulding 20,000 1,310,000
Direct Materials Added 391,600
Direct Labour 638,000
Manufacturing Overhead 307,000
Normal losses are estimated to be 2½% of input during the period. Inspection takes place during the processing operation, at which point damaged handles are separated from good handles and sold as scrap to local furniture manufacturers at $85 each. At inspection, 2,000 handles were rejected as scrap. These units had reached the following degree of completion:
Transfer from Moulding 100%
Direct material added 40%
Conversion costs 20%
Work-in-progress at the end of January was 4,000 handles and had reached the following degree of
completion:
Transfer from Moulding 100%
Direct material added 80%
Conversion costs 50%
Direct materials added and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process.
Required:
(a) Prepare a statement of equivalent production to determine the equivalent units for direct materials
(From Moulding & Direct Material Added), and conversion costs and the cost per equivalent unit for
direct materials and conversion costs.
(b) Calculate the:
- Total cost of units completed and transferred to the Packaging Department
- Cost of the unexpected losses
- Cost of ending work-in-process inventory in the Polishing Department
(c) Complete All Things Brass Work-In-Process Inventory – Polishing Process T-account, clearly showing the
ending balance.
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