In: Accounting
Corona Ltd. provides the costs for its single product using process costing. Direct material is added at the beginning of the production process, and conversion activity occurs uniformly throughout the process.
Percent Complete
Physical units Materials Conversion
Work in process, August 1 30,000 40% 80%
Units started during August 80,000
Units completed and transferred
out during August 90,000
Work in process, August 31 20,000 50% 30%
Total DirectMaterials Conversion
Work in process, August 1 $328,000 $200,000 $128,000
Costs incurred during August $410,000 $250,000 $160,000
Total costs to account for $738,000 $450,000 $288,000
Required (show your working in a tabular format):
Using weighted-average process costing in completing the following requirements:
(a) Determine the equivalent units for August.
(b) Compute the costs per equivalent unit.
(c) Compute the cost of goods completed and transferred out during August
(d) Compute the cost remaining in the work in process inventory on August 31.
(e) Prepare a journal entry to record the transfer of the cost of goods completed and transferred out.