In: Accounting
Costs per Equivalent Unit
The following information concerns production in the Baking Department for March. All direct materials are placed in process at the beginning of production.
| ACCOUNT Work in Process—Baking Department | ACCOUNT NO. | ||||||||
| Date | Item | Debit | Credit | Balance | |||||
| Debit | Credit | ||||||||
| Mar. | 1 | Bal., 7,800 units, 2/5 completed | 17,160 | ||||||
| 31 | Direct materials, 140,400 units | 266,760 | 283,920 | ||||||
| 31 | Direct labor | 72,440 | 356,360 | ||||||
| 31 | Factory overhead | 40,744 | 397,104 | ||||||
| 31 | Goods finished, 142,200 units | 383,784 | 13,320 | ||||||
| 31 | Bal. ? units, 2/5 completed | 13,320 | |||||||
a. Based on the above data, determine each cost listed below. Round "cost per equivalent unit" answers to the nearest cent.
| 1. Direct materials cost per equivalent unit. | $ |
| 2. Conversion cost per equivalent unit. | $ |
| 3. Cost of the beginning work in process completed during March. | $ |
| 4. Cost of units started and completed during March. | $ |
| 5. Cost of the ending work in process. | $ |
b. Assuming that the direct materials cost is the same for February and March, did the conversion cost per equivalent unit increase, decrease, or remain the same in March?
| Beggining units | 7800 | Transferred out | 1,42,200 |
| Started into production | 140400 | Ending units | 6,000 |
| 148200 | 148200 | ||
| Equivalent units | Material | Conversion | |
| Beginning units | 7800 | 7800 | |
| Completion in current period | 0% | 60% | |
| A | 0 | 4680 | |
| Units started and completed | 134400 | 134400 | |
| Completion | 100% | 100% | |
| B | 134400 | 134400 | |
| Ending Units | 6,000 | 6,000 | |
| Completion | 100% | 40% | |
| C | 6000 | 2400 | |
| Total units A+B+C | 140400 | 141480 | |
| Cost per equivalent units | |||
| Per unit cost | Cost | Total units | Per unit cost |
| Material cost | 266760 | 140400 | 1.90 |
| Conversion cost | 113184 | 141480 | 0.80 |
| Total | 379944 | 2.70 | |
| Cost of goods sold | Material | convertion cost | |
| Beginning work in progress A | 14820 | 2340 | 17160 |
| Beginning inventory completed | |||
| Completion | 0% | 60% | |
| Per unit cost | 1.90 | 0.80 | |
| Units | 7800 | 7800 | |
| Total cost B | 0 | 3744 | 3744 |
| Units started and completed | |||
| Completion | 100% | 100% | |
| Per unit cost | 1.90 | 0.80 | |
| Units | 134400 | 134400 | |
| Total cost C | 255360 | 107520 | 362880 |
| Total cost A+B+C | 270180 | 111264 | 383784 |
| Ending work in progress | |||
| Completion | 100% | 40% | |
| Per unit cost | 1.90 | 0.80 | |
| Units | 6,000 | 6,000 | |
| Total cost | 11400 | 1920 | 13320 |
| Cost per equivalent unit | Material | Conversion cost |
| For current period | 1.90 | 0.80 |
| For beginning inventory | 1.9 | 0.75 |
| increase (decrease) | 0.00 | 0.05 |