FUNDAMENTALS OF COST ACCOUNTING
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Author: LANEN, ANDERSO
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Chapter 7, Problem 61P
Reconstruct Missing Data
A tornado struck the only manufacturing plant of Toledo Farm Implements (TFI) on June 1. All work-in-process inventory was destroyed, but a few records were salvaged from the wreckage and from the company’s headquarters. If acceptable documentation is provided, the loss will be covered by insurance. The insurable value of work-in-process inventory consists of direct materials, direct labor, and applied overhead.
The following information about the plant appears on the April financial statements at the company’s downtown headquarters:
A count of the inventories on hand May 31 shows the following:
The accounts payable clerk tells you that outstanding bills to suppliers totaled $100,200 and that cash payments of $75,800 were made to them during the month. She informs you that the payroll costs last month for the manufacturing section included $164,800, of which $29,400 was indirect labor.
At the end of May, the following balances were available from the main office:
Recall that each month there is only one requisition for indirect materials. Among the fragments of paper, you located the following information, which you have neatly typed for your records:
From scrap found under desk: indirect materials → $4,172
You also learn that the overhead during the month was overapplied by $2,400.
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Determine the cost of the work-in-process inventory lost in the disaster.
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On June 30, 2011, a tornado damaged Jensen Corporations warehouse and factory destroying the work-in-process inventory. Neither the raw materials nor finished goods inventories were damaged. A physical inventory is taken after the tornado revealed the following valuations:
Raw materials $ 87,000
Work-in-process 0
Finished goods 151,000
$238,000
The inventory of January 1, 2011, consisted of the following:
Raw materials $ 41,000
Work-in-process 128,000
Finished goods 173,000
$342,000
A review of the books and records disclosed that the gross profit margin historically approximated 28% of sales. The sales total for the first six months of 2011 was $405,000. Raw material purchases totaled $150,000. Direct labor costs for this period were $112,000, and manufacturing overhead has historically been applied at 50% of direct labor.
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Compute the value of the work-in-process inventory lost on June 30, 2011. Show supporting computations.
On September 30, 2019, a flash flood damaged the warehouse and factory Of Waltermart, Inc. completely destroying its work in process inventory. There was no damage to either raw materials or finished goods since these were stored in an elevated section of the warehouse.
A physical inventory taken immediately after the flood subsided showed the following: Raw materials — P740,000; Finished goods — P1,310,00.
Inventories at January 1, 2019 consisted of the following: Raw Materials — P400,000; Work in Process — P1,100,000; Finished Goods - P1,500,000.
The company's profit margin for the last several years is 25%. Sales for the first nine months of 2019 were P4,000,000. Raw materials purchases were P1,280,000. Direct labor cost for the period amounted to P960,000. Manufacturing overhead is applied at 50% of direct labor cost.
What is the value of the work in process lost from flood at September 30, 2019?
a. P580,000
b. P640,000
c. P670,000
d. P720,000
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