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Exercise 4A-9 Equivalent Units; Equivalent Units of Production; Assigning Costs-FIFO Method [LO4-6, LO4-7, LO4-8]
Jarvene Corporation uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The following data are for the most recent month of operations in one of the company’s processing departments:
Units in beginning inventory | 350 |
Units started into production | 4,250 |
Units in ending inventory | 330 |
Units transferred to the next department | 4,270 |
Materials | Conversion | |||
Percentage completion of beginning inventory | 70 | % | 30 | % |
Percentage completion of ending inventory | 80 | % | 30 | % |
The cost of beginning inventory according to the company’s costing system was $7,831 of which $4,849 was for materials and the remainder was for conversion cost. The costs added during the month amounted to $175,274. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were:
Materials | Conversion | |
Cost per equivalent unit | $18.00 | $23.00 |
Required:
1. Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month.
2. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory.
3. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.
4. Compute the number of units started and completed during the month.
5. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for the month.
6. Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for the month.
EUP - FIFO Method |
Units |
% Material |
EUP Materials |
% Conversion |
EUP - Conversion |
Units of ENDING WIP |
330 |
80.0% |
264 |
30.0% |
99 |
Units STARTED & COMPLETED |
3,920 |
100% |
3,920 |
100% |
3,920 |
Units of beginning WIP |
350 |
30.00% |
105 |
70% |
245 |
Equivalent Units of Production |
4,289 |
4,264 |
Costs of Ending WIP: |
EUP |
Cost per EUP |
Total Cost |
|
- Direct Materials |
264 |
$ 18.00 |
$ 4,752.00 |
|
- Conversion |
99 |
$ 23.00 |
$ 2,277.00 |
|
Total cost of ending WIP |
$ 7,029.00 |
Cost Transferred out: |
EUP |
Cost per EUP |
Total Cost |
|
Cost of Beginning WIP |
7,831.00 |
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Cost to complete beginning WIP- |
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- Direct Materials |
105.00 |
18.00 |
1,890.00 |
|
- Conversion |
245.00 |
23.00 |
5,635.00 |
|
Total cost to complete beginning WIP |
15,356.00 |
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Cost of Units started & completed this period: |
EUP |
Cost per EUP |
Total Cost |
|
- Direct Materials |
3,920.00 |
18.00 |
70,560.00 |
|
- Conversion |
3,920.00 |
23.00 |
90,160.00 |
|
Total costs started & Completed this period |
160,720.00 |
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Total cost of work finished this period |
176,076.00 |