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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., 8,700 units, 4/5 completed | 18,444 | ||||||
31 | Direct materials, 156,600 units | 250,560 | 269,004 | ||||||
31 | Direct labor | 70,340 | 339,344 | ||||||
31 | Factory overhead | 39,574 | 378,918 | ||||||
31 | Goods finished, 158,700 units | 364,662 | 14,256 | ||||||
31 | Bal. ? units, 4/5 completed | 14,256 |
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?
Work in process at Mar 1 | 8700 |
(+) Units started in March | 156600 |
(-) Transferred to finished goods in December | 158700 |
Unit of work in process inventory at December 31 | 6600 |
Units trasnferred to finished goods | 158700 |
(-) Work in process units ar December 1 | 8700 |
Units started and completed during December | 150000 |
a. | ||
As the materials are added at the beginning of the process, they 100% completed when they are introduced in the process . | ||
Materials | Conversion | |
Units started and completed during December | 150000 | 150000 |
(+) Beginning work in process equivalent units [ Beginning work in process units * ( 1 - Fraction completed ) ] | 0 | 1740 |
(+) Ending work in process equivalent units [ Ending work in process units * Fraction completed ] | 6600 | 5280 |
Equivalent units of production | 156600 | 157020 |
Cost added during the period | 250560 | 109914 |
(/) Equivalent units | 156600 | 157020 |
Cost per equivalent units | 1.60 | 0.70 |
1. Direct materials cost per equivalent unit | 1.60 |
2. Conversion cost per equivalent unit | 0.70 |
3. Cost of beginning work in process completed during December [ (0*1.60) + (1740*0.70) ] | 1218 |
4. Cost of units started and completed during December [ (150000*1.60) + (150000*0.70) ] | 345000 |
5. Cost of ending work in process [ (6600*1.60) + (5280*0.70) ] | 14256 |
b. |
Assuming that the direct materials cost is the same for November and December, did the conversion cost per equivalent unit increase, decrease, or remain the same in December? |
Answer : Increase |