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"I think we goofed when we hired that new assistant controller," said Ruth Scarpino, president of...

"I think we goofed when we hired that new assistant controller," said Ruth Scarpino, president of Provost Industries. "Just look at this report that he prepared for last month for the Finishing Department. I can’t understand it."

Finishing Department costs:
Work in process inventory, April 1,350 units; materials 100% complete; conversion 60% complete $ 8,714 *
Costs transferred in during the month from the
preceding department, 2,850 units
32,698
Materials cost added during the month 13,662
Conversion costs incurred during the month 29,340
Total departmental costs $ 84,414
Finishing Department costs assigned to:
Units completed and transferred to finished goods,
3,600 units at $23.450 per unit
$ 84,414
Work in process inventory, April 30, 600 units;
materials 0% complete; conversion 60% complete
0
Total departmental costs assigned $ 84,414

*Consists of cost transferred in, $4,304; materials cost, $2,070; and conversion cost, $2,340.

"He's struggling to learn our system," replied Frank Harrop, the operations manager. "The problem is that he's been away from process costing for a long time, and it's coming back slowly."

"It's not just the format of his report that I'm concerned about. Look at that $23.450 unit cost that he's come up with for April. Doesn't that seem high to you?" said Ms. Scarpino.

"Yes, it does seem high; but on the other hand, I know we had an increase in materials prices during April, and that may be the explanation," replied Mr. Harrop. "I’ll get someone else to redo this report and then we can see what’s going on."

Provost Industries manufactures a ceramic product that goes through two processing departments—Molding and Finishing. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing.

Required:

1-a. Calculate the equivalent units of production.

1-b. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

1-c. How much cost should have been assigned to the ending work in process inventory? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

1-d. How much cost should have been assigned to the units completed and transferred to finished goods? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

Solutions

Expert Solution

1a
Transferred In costs Materials Conversion
Units completed and transferred out 3600 3600 3600
Work in process, ending 600 0 360
Equivalent units of production 4200 3600 3960
1b
Transferred In costs Materials Conversion
Work in process, April 1 4304 2070 2340
Cost added during month 32698 13662 29340
Total costs 37002 15732 31680
Divide by Equivalent units of production 4200 3600 3960
Cost per Equivalent unit 8.81 4.37 8.00
1c
Transferred In costs Materials Conversion Total
Work in process, ending units 600 0 360
X Cost per Equivalent unit 8.81 4.37 8.00
Cost of ending work in process inventory 5286 0 2880 8166
1d
Transferred In costs Materials Conversion Total
Units completed and transferred out 3600 3600 3600
X Cost per Equivalent unit 8.81 4.37 8.00
Cost of Units completed and transferred out 31716 15732 28800 76248

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