In: Accounting
In its Department R, Recyclers, Inc., processes donated scrap cloth into towels for sale in local thrift shops. It sells the products at cost. The direct materials costs are zero, but the operation requires the use of direct labor and overhead. The company uses a process costing system and tracks the processing volume and costs incurred in each period. At the start of the current period, 600 towels were in process and were 60 percent complete. The costs incurred were $1,752.
During the month, costs of $23,100 were incurred, 4,200 towels were started, and 300 towels were still in process at the end of the month. At the end of the month, the towels were 20 percent complete.
Required:
a. Prepare a production cost report; the company uses weighted-average process costing.
b. Show the flow of costs through T-accounts. Assume that current period conversion costs are credited to various payables.
a). Product cost Report - weighted average
Flow of production Compute equivalent units. Units.
Physical units Conversionunits. Units to be accounted:
Beginning work in progress. 600
Units started this period. 4200
Total units to be accounted. 4800
units accounted for:
units completed & transferred. 4500 4500
units in ending work in progress. 300 60
Total units accounted for. 4800 4560
Costs
Total costs Conversion costs
Costs to be accounted for.
In beginning work in progress 1752 1752
Current period costs 23100 23100
Total costs to be accounted 24852 24852
Cost per equivalent unit:
Conversion costs(24852/4560). 5.45
Costs accounted for:
Assigned to units transfered:
Conversion costs. (4500*5.45) 24525
Assigned to ending inventory
Conversion costs. (60*5.45) 327
Total costs accounted for. 24852
b). Work in progress
Beginning inventory 1752
This period costs:
Direct materials 0 24525 completedgoods
Conversion costs 23100
Ending inventory 327
Various payables
Beginning balance. 0 23100 conversion costs
Finished goods inventory
Beginning inventory 0
Completed goods. 24525
Ending inventory 24525