In: Accounting
THE Company operates two departments, Department L and
Department Q. THE Company uses a FIFO process costing
system. Department L reported the following inventory
information for June:
% complete % complete
units DM conversion
work in process, June 1 18,000 28% 67%
work in process, June 30 34,000 71% 57%
The cost of beginning work in process and the costs added
during June in Department L were as follows:
DM Conversion
work in process, June 1 $ 35,240 $ 45,792
costs incurred during June 334,780 175,536
During June, Department L completed 69,000 units and
transferred them to Department Q.
The cost of goods started and completed in June for
Department L was equal to:
Group of answer choices
$362,100
$510,316
$393,900
$264,367
$311,100
$455,042
$339,868
$408,700
| Correct Option $311,100 | |||
| Working Note: | |||
| Actual Units | |||
| Caluclation of Physical UNITS: | |||
| Units in begining inventory | 18000 | ||
| Units started during the period | 85000 | ||
| Units to be accounted for | 103000 | ||
| Actual Units | Equivalent Units | ||
| Material | CC | ||
| Units Completed and Transferred | 69000 | ||
| From units in beginning inventory | 18000 | 12960 | 5940 |
| From units started | 51000 | 51000 | 51000 |
| Units in ending inventory | 34000 | 24140 | 19380 |
| Total accounted for | 103000 | 88100 | 76320 |
| Costs: | |||
| Total | Material | CC | |
| Costs in beginning inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cost added dueing the year | 510316 | 334780 | 175536 |
| Total cost to account for | 510316 | 334780 | 175536 |
| Equivalent Units from above | 88100 | 76320 | |
| Cost per equivalnet unit | 6.10 | 3.80 | 2.30 |
| Total | Material | CC | |
| Cost Accounted for | |||
| Units completed and transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| From units in beginning inventory | 62910 | 49248 | 13662 |
| From units started | 311100 | 193800 | 117300 |
| Units in ending inventory | 136306 | 91732 | 44574 |
| Total Cost Accounted for | 510316 | 334780 | 175536 |