Superior Micro Products uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. During January, the Delta Assembly Department completed its processing of 26,400 units and transferred them to the next department. The cost of beginning work in process inventory and the costs added during January amounted to $732,804 in total. The ending work in process inventory in January consisted of 3,600 units, which were 50% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were as follows:     Materials Labor Overhead Cost per equivalent unit $ 14.00   $ 4.30   $ 8.00       Required: 1. Compute the equivalent units of materials, labor, and overhead in the ending work in process inventory for the month. 2. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January. 3. Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January. 4. Prepare a cost reconciliation for January. (Note: You will not be able to break the cost to be accounted for into the cost of beginning work in process inventory and costs added during the month.)   Compute the equivalent units of materials, labor, and overhead in the ending work in process inventory for the month.           Materials Labor Overhead Equivalent units         Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.           Materials Labor Overhead Total Cost of ending work in process inventory   Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.           Materials Labor Overhead Total Cost of units completed and transferred out   Prepare a cost reconciliation for January.         Cost Reconciliation Total cost to be accounted for   Costs accounted for as follows:           Total cost accounted for $0

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Superior Micro Products uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. During January, the Delta Assembly Department completed its processing of 26,400 units and transferred them to the next department. The cost of beginning work in process inventory and the costs added during January amounted to $732,804 in total. The ending work in process inventory in January consisted of 3,600 units, which were 50% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to labor and overhead. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were as follows:

 

  Materials Labor Overhead
Cost per equivalent unit $ 14.00   $ 4.30   $ 8.00  
 

 

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1. Compute the equivalent units of materials, labor, and overhead in the ending work in process inventory for the month.

2. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.

3. Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.

4. Prepare a cost reconciliation for January. (Note: You will not be able to break the cost to be accounted for into the cost of beginning work in process inventory and costs added during the month.)

 

Compute the equivalent units of materials, labor, and overhead in the ending work in process inventory for the month.

 
 
 
 
  Materials Labor Overhead
Equivalent units      
 

Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.

 
 
 
 
  Materials Labor Overhead Total
Cost of ending work in process inventory

 

Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, labor, overhead, and in total for January.

 
 
 
 
  Materials Labor Overhead Total
Cost of units completed and transferred out  

Prepare a cost reconciliation for January.

 
 
 
 
Cost Reconciliation
Total cost to be accounted for  
Costs accounted for as follows:  
   
   
Total cost accounted for $0
 

 

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Process costing: Process costing is a method that is used to know the cost of a product at each stage of manufacturing. It is the method in which the cost of a product is determined on the basis of the different levels of production. Generally, most of the products are not completed by a single process,  however, working is forwarded through many stages in order to make them saleable.

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