Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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Author: Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 12E
A local barbershop cuts the hair of 1,200 customers per month. The clients are men, and the barbers offer no special styling. During the month of May, 1,200 customers were serviced. The cost of haircuts includes the following:
Required:
- 1. Explain why
process costing is appropriate for this haircutting operation. - 2. Calculate the cost per haircut.
- 3. Can you identify some possible direct materials used for this haircutting service? Is the usage of direct materials typical of services? If so, provide examples of services that use direct materials. Can you think of some services that would not use direct materials?
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In its Department R, Recyclers, Inc., processes donated scrap cloth into towels for sale in local thrift shops. It sells the products at cost. The direct materials costs are zero, but the operation requires the use of direct labor and overhead. The company uses a process costing system and tracks the processing volume and costs incurred in each period. At the start of the current period, 550 towels were in process and were 60 percent complete. The costs incurred were $1,207.
During the month, costs of $20,500 were incurred, 4,100 towels were started, and 275 towels were still in process at the end of the month. At the end of the month, the towels were 20 percent complete.
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a. Prepare a production cost report; the company uses weighted-average process costing.
b. Show the flow of costs through T-accounts. Assume that current period conversion costs are credited to various payables.
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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