In: Accounting
Equivalent Units and Product Cost Report—Weighted Average Method In its first month’s op-erations (January 2016), Allred Company’s Department 1 incurred charges of $120,000 for direct materials (10,000 units), $33,000 for direct labor, and $58,000 for manufacturing overhead. At month-end, 8,800 units had been finished and transferred out. The remaining units were finished with respect to material but only 25% complete with respect to conversion costs. Assuming Allred uses the weighted average method and that materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs occur evenly,
Solution:
| Computation of Equivalent unit of Production - Weighted Average (Department 1) | |||
| Particulars | Physical Units | Material | Conversion | 
| Unit completed & Transferred out | 8800 | 8800 | 8800 | 
| Closing WIP: | 1200 | ||
| Material (100%) | 1200 | ||
| Conversion (25%) | 300 | ||
| Equivalent units of production | 10000 | 10000 | 9100 | 
| Computation of Cost per equivalent unit of Production - Weighted Average (Department 1) | ||
| Particulars | Material | Conversion | 
| Opening WIP | $0.00 | $0.00 | 
| Cost Added during January | $120,000.00 | $91,000.00 | 
| Total cost to be accounted for | $120,000.00 | $91,000.00 | 
| Equivalent units of production | 10000 | 9100 | 
| Cost per Equivalent unit | $12.00 | $10.00 | 
| Computation of Cost of ending WIP and units completed & transferred out - Weighted Average (Department 1) | |||
| Particulars | Material | Conversion | Total | 
| Equivalent unit of Ending WIP | 1200 | 300 | |
| Cost per equivalent unit | $12.000 | $10.000 | |
| Cost of Ending WIP (Equivalent unit * Cost per equivalent unit) | $14,400 | $3,000 | $17,400 | 
| Units completed and transferred | 8800 | 8800 | |
| Cost of units completed & Transferred (Unit completed * cost per equivalent unit) | $105,600 | $88,000 | $193,600 | 
| Production cost report - Weighted Average - (Department 1) | |
| Particulars | Amount | 
| Costs to be accounted for: | |
| Cost of beginning WIP inventory | $0.00 | 
| Cost added to production | $211,000.00 | 
| Total Cost to be accounted for | $211,000.00 | 
| Costs accounted for as follows: | |
| Cost of unit transferred out | $193,600 | 
| Ending WIP: | |
| Material | $14,400 | 
| Converison | $3,000 | 
| Total cost accounted for | $211,000 |