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FIFO Method, Unit Cost, Valuation of Goods Transferred Out and Ending Work in Process
Dama Company produces women's blouses and uses the FIFO method to account for its manufacturing costs. The product Dama makes passes through two processes: Cutting and Sewing. During April, Dama's controller prepared the following equivalent units schedule for the Cutting Department:
Direct Materials | Conversion Costs | |||||||
Units started and completed | 45,000 | 45,000 | ||||||
Units, beginning work in process: | ||||||||
14,000 × 0% | — | — | ||||||
14,000 × 50% | — | 7,000 | ||||||
Units, ending work in process: | ||||||||
20,000 × 100% | 20,000 | — | ||||||
20,000 × 25% | — | 5,000 | ||||||
Equivalent units of output | 65,000 | 57,000 |
Costs in beginning work in process were direct materials, $20,000; conversion costs, $80,000. Manufacturing costs incurred during April were direct materials, $260,000; conversion costs, $364,800.
Required:
1. Prepare a physical flow schedule for April.
Dama Company | |
Physical Flow Schedule | |
Units to account for: | |
Units, beginning work in process | |
Units started | |
Total units to account for | |
Units accounted for: | |
Started and completed | |
Units, beginning work in process | |
Units, ending work in process | |
Total units accounted for |
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1. A physical flow schedule shows the units to account for and what happened to them.
2. Compute the cost per equivalent unit for
April. If required, round your answer to the nearest cent.
$ per equivalent unit
3. Determine the cost of ending work in process and the cost of goods transferred out.
Cost of ending work in process | $ |
Cost of goods transferred out | $ |
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2. The equivalent units schedule measures the output of the period. A fully completed unit is counted as a unit of output. Output for a unit in ending work in process is counted by its degree of completion.
3. Unit cost = Costs of the period ÷ Output of the period. The cost of goods (services) transferred out is the unit cost multiplied by the units completed. The cost of EWIP is the unit cost multiplied by the equivalent units found in EWIP.
4. Prepare the journal entry that transfers the costs from Cutting to Sewing.
Work in Process-Sewing | |||
Work in Process-Cutting |
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4. The partially completed units and all their associated costs are transferred to the next process by debiting the WIP account of the process receiving the unit and crediting the WIP account of the transferring department.
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Partially correct
Solution:
Calculation of Equivalent Units
Calculation of Cost per Equivalent unit
Calculation of Cost of goods transferred and cost of ending inventory
Journal entry that transfers the costs from Cutting to Sewing.
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